Housing Choice Voucher Program Inspection

[Nelson Badillo]

Hello,

I’m located in Central Florida and currently house-hacking a new duplex. I’m looking to participate in the Housing Choice Voucher Program and would greatly appreciate any resources or connections to professionals who conduct the required inspections. I’d like to have someone review the property and help identify specific areas that may need to be brought up to standard before I proceed with landlord registration for the program.

Additionally, I’d welcome any advice, suggestions, or insights from those with experience in this process. Your guidance would be invaluable as I navigate this opportunity.

Thank you in advance!

Best regards,

Nelson 

[Tim Delaney]

Quote from @Nelson Badillo:

Quote from @Tim Delaney:

In my area the agencies that manage the vouchers won’t do an inspection until you have signed a lease with the tenant. The biggest thing I have encountered in numerous inspections is chipped or flaking paint in pre-1978 homes that have children living in them. The concern is possible lead based paint. So we often have to remediate this and touch paint. It’s not as bad or expensive as it sounds. They are also looking for code issues and other hazards which hopefully you are compliant with no matter what.

 Thank you for the response! I more so meant if there are people you could hire to do a pre-inspection to ensure you pass on the first go! I hear if you fail it could take weeks for them to come back out so I just wanted to better prepare for that initial inspection and what to expect and also, any issues before then. 

 I'm sure there are people you can hire, but like home inspectors I'm sure none of them will give you any type of guarantee. The inspection will also vary depending on whether there are kids in the house or not - they don't care about a couple small flaking paint spots if there are not children. That's why I was just pointing out the things that often fail. Make sure you have smoke and CO detectors in appropriate places, GFCI outlets near water, functioning mechanicals, make sure everything is in good condition and you shouldn't have a problem. Even if you fail the first time (pretty much every inspection I've had the person finds something to flag) they don't cut off payment until they have come back out a second time. Hope this helps.