City of College Station. Code enforcement has been directed by the Council to institute a 3 phase plan to implement Rental Inspections on all rental properties.
IS this legal for the COCS to force a homeowner to hire an inspector to P/F a rental house? Seems very fishy but the property management company I use sent this information in an email the other week.
- The 1st phase will be voluntary. We should be receiving more direction from the Council as to what they will be looking for in the inspections. The property owner would hire a Licensed inspector to look at all habitable items required by the City. When a home/unit passes inspection, it will go on a list the City will "advertise" as being in compliance with City ordinances. The fee for being on this list would be $75 (not including the cost of inspections). The home/unit would not have to be reinspected for 5 years.
- The 2nd phase would be violation based in regard to habitable items (mainly repeat offenders/landlords not taking care of problems that were brought to the attention of the City)
- The 3rd phase would be mandatory for all rental owners. This looks to be starting in Oct. 2026.
IS this legal for the COCS to force a homeowner to hire an inspector to P/F a rental house? Seems very fishy but the property management company I use sent this information in an email the other week.