Brooklyn Park, MN Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Chapter 106 amends the adopted 2018 International Property Maintenance Code for the City of Brooklyn Park, and two of those amendments set the local habitability floor for rental heat. 2, requires dwellings to have heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of 68°F in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms, based on the winter outdoor design temperature in the Minnesota State Energy Code; cooking appliances and portable unvented fuel-burning space heaters cannot be used to meet this requirement, though a 65°F minimum applies where the average monthly temperature stays above 30°F.

3, Heat supply, puts the duty on the owner or operator directly: during the period from September 15 to May 15, every owner or operator who rents, leases or lets a dwelling unit, rooming unit, dormitory or guestroom must supply heat maintaining at least 68°F in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms, whether the promise to furnish heat is expressed or implied in the lease. The duty eases only when the outdoor temperature drops below the winter design temperature and the heating system is already running at full capacity.

4, extends the same 68°F floor to occupiable work spaces during the same September 15 to May 15 window, with exceptions for processing or storage areas needing special temperatures and spaces used for vigorous physical activity. Together these sections give Brooklyn Park renters a specific, enforceable minimum indoor temperature rather than a general "adequate heat" standard.