What: The City's rental housing safety program, which was changed to allow owners, including larger complexes, to self-certify.
Where it stands: In budget review on 2026-10-14, staff said the 2027-28 staffing request restores the earlier inspection capacity so self-certifications can be verified, a hybrid rather than a full reversal. Calls about deficiencies still come in, mostly from smaller complexes.
Next: One Council member said early 2027 is when to decide whether to keep or end the self-certification approach.
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Planning and Public Works budget review: self-certification versus inspections, with staffing restored so certifications can be verified; a member said a keep-or-revert decision is due early in 2027.