Elk Grove, CA Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

010(B), part of the Elk Grove Housing Code's purpose article, states plainly that studies show complaint-initiated enforcement actions are sufficient to provide the essential level of abatement of substandard housing conditions the community needs, and that adding routine inspections of rental housing units has been determined to be cost prohibitive at this time, though the City reserves the option to add them later if need and funding are demonstrated. 015(B) repeats the same finding as an official Council finding supporting the chapter. without occupant consent.

The program is funded by a housing stock conservation fee and by enforcement fees and penalties charged to violators, such as a reinspection fee, a notice-and-order fee, and an hourly rate for additional enforcement costs, rather than by general taxpayer funds, because the Council decided a broad inspection mandate was not affordable. 100 defines as a 'Complaint,' and that complaint is what starts the inspection and enforcement process described elsewhere in the chapter.