Aligning Policy and Housing Outcomes
Registry and Inspections
Phase in Rental Registry and Inspection Process
Case Study — Rental Registry, Burlington, VT
The Code Enforcement Department has the responsibility
of maintaining an annual apartment registry of
approximately 10,000 rental dwelling units, billing and
collecting rental unit registration fees, inspecting rental
housing units, enforcing minimum housing standards,
issuing certificates of compliance to landlords, and
funding tenant and landlord advocacy services. The City
requires landlords to submit a rental registration
application annually.
Individual rental property owners must provide their name,
address, date of birth, phone number, email, and military
status (active or not). For properties owned by a
corporation, partnership, or LLC, these entities are required
to provide the official name, principal business address,
date of incorporation, phone number, email, and military
status of the corporation president and general partners.
To ensure more robust compliance with both property
registrations and code enforcement, the city has a
requirement that if the owners of a rental property are not
located within Chittenden County, they are required to
have a designated local property manager.
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The fee schedule for rental property owners is as
follows. New rental property owners must pay a
one-time $50.00 Transfer of Ownership Fee if the
property was previously registered as a rental and
will continue to be so. This is for transferring
records from the previous property owner to the
current property owner and should be included
when registering the property. Additionally, annual
rental registration fees are billed in February every
year and due by 01 April. The fee is $110.00 per
rental units, and $80.00 for properties which are
owner-occupied duplexes.
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