Cincinnati, OH Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Chapter 1127, Section 1127-07 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code established the Residential Rental Property Inspection Program, ordained by Ordinance No. 405-2019 and effective September 1, 2020, later amended by Ordinance No. 414-2023 effective December 6, 2023. 1-P. 7(a), a property in one of those areas enters the program if it meets any one of eight conditions: a delinquent lead hazard control order from the health department; a partial vacate order under CBC § 1101-65; a public-nuisance determination under CBC § 1101-57; two or more code orders in a twelve-month span from buildings and inspections, the fire department, or the board of health; four or more validated housing or zoning complaints in twelve months; a chronic-nuisance declaration under CMC § 761-5; prosecution by the city within the past twenty-four months; or certification as tax-delinquent by the Hamilton County Treasurer.

7(b) extends the program citywide to any related, affiliated, or commonly controlled entity that owns another qualifying property, regardless of where that entity's other holdings sit. 11. A compliant property is re-inspected on a forty-eight-month cycle; a substantially compliant or non-compliant property is re-inspected every thirty days, under written order, until the violations are cured. A certificate expires thirty days after its listed inspection date, or six months after a change of ownership if that comes first.