Hialeah, FL Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing standards
- Miami-Dade County Code §§ 17-1 to 17-30.1
- Local enforcement officer
- Director of code compliance
- Appeals body
- City code enforcement board
- Fine, §§ 17-23/24/27/28
- $100 civil penalty
- Fine, §§ 17-25/26/29/30
- $250 civil penalty
Summary
Hialeah has no separate habitability code of its own: Sec. 50-26 adopts the substantive provisions of Miami-Dade County's Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance, County Code sections 17-1 through 17-30.1, by reference and enforces them citywide through its own code compliance department.
(a)The city adopts by reference, as if fully set forth in this section, minimum housing standards, enforceable within territorial limits of the city, comprising of certain substantive provisions of the Miami-Dade County Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance and rules, regulations, standards and codes adopted by reference in connection therewith, as amended from time to time, particularly Miami-Dade County Code sections 17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-6, 17-8, 17-10, and 17-23 through and including 17-30.1. Such provisions, rules, regulations, standards and codes shall be known as the city minimum housing code, a copy of which shall be filed in the office of the city clerk for reference.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 1 as, in the code's words, 'the city minimum housing code,' a copy of which is kept on file with the city clerk. Sec. 50-26(b) substitutes local officials for the county roles named in the adopted text: wherever the county code refers to a 'minimum housing enforcement officer' or 'head of enforcement agency,' that means Hialeah's director of code compliance, and wherever it refers to a 'minimum housing appeals board,' that means Hialeah's own code enforcement board. Sec. 50-27 routes enforcement of the adopted minimum housing standards through the general code enforcement procedures of chapter 22, meaning a tenant's habitability complaint proceeds through a code inspector's notice of violation, a correction period, and, if uncorrected, a special master hearing.
The Sec. 22-190 civil penalty schedule sets specific fines for the adopted county sections: violations of County Code §§ 17-23, 17-24, 17-27 and 17-28 carry a $100 civil penalty, while violations of §§ 17-25, 17-26, 17-29 and 17-30 carry a $250 civil penalty, with repeat violations doubling under Sec. 22-184(e).
Violations & Fines
Violations of the adopted county minimum housing sections 17-23, 17-24, 17-27 or 17-28 carry a $100 civil penalty, and violations of sections 17-25, 17-26, 17-29 or 17-30 carry a $250 civil penalty under the Sec. 22-190 schedule; a repeat violation doubles the applicable penalty under Sec. 22-184(e), assessed by a code inspector with appeal rights to the city's code enforcement board.
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