Providence requires landlords to register residential rental properties with the city so units can be tracked for code, lead-safety, and just-cause-eviction compliance under Chapter 17 of the city code.
Providence operates a rental registration program administered through the Department of Inspection and Standards. Owners of qualifying residential rental properties must file contact information, unit counts, and emergency-response data, and renew periodically. The registry supports enforcement of just-cause eviction under Section 17-216, the Rhode Island Lead Hazard Mitigation Act, and minimum-housing standards. Registration is typically tied to issuance of a certificate or to inspection schedules, and unregistered units may be denied access to housing-court remedies when pursuing evictions for nonpayment.
Failure to register rental property can result in fines, denial of certificate of compliance, and procedural barriers to filing eviction actions in Rhode Island District Court.
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