The City of Knoxville held a Rental Inspection Program Landlord meeting Tuesday to inform landlords of the administrative policies of the program, discuss common violations identified during the inspections, discuss building codes, and to clarify any questions about the program. City Manager Aaron Adams says that this allows landlords to make necessary changes before inspections begin next summer.

“We think the timing is good now, so that landlords can be making changes and potential upgrades and repairs if they need to before the actual program starts. We anticipate that starting July 1st, 2021, so we’re trying to give a bit of a lead time here, to give landlords a chance to get on top of any changes and upgrades they might need to make.”

The most significant change to the program is that now landlords only have to file property registrations and fees at the time of inspection. Landlords also no longer need to file property registrations annually. More information on the program is available here.