Housing Inspection Services (HIS) implements and enforces the San Francisco Housing Code and pertinent related City Codes. HIS establishes and maintains minimum maintenance standards for existing residential buildings to safeguard life, limb, health, property, and public welfare by conducting periodic health and safety inspections and responding to tenant complaints.

 

 

 

 

 

HIS oversees:

For more information, contact

Department of Building Inspection Housing Inspection Services 49 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor San Francisco CA 94103 (628) 652-3700 Phone (628) 652-3709 Fax

File a Complaint

Housing Inspection Services District Map

• The Code Enforcement Outreach Program which is designed to provide support to tenants, owners and the Department of Building Inspection, so that the City and the community can work together to bring housing into code compliance.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Residential Hotel Unit Conversion and Demolition
• Routine Inspections
• Inspection of Residential Balconies and Decks
• Notice of New & Retroactive Housing Code Requirements for Residental Hotels Grab Bars in Common Bath/Toilet Rooms & Phone Jacks
• Notice of New Housing Law on Exterior Wooden Fixed Utility Ladders (PDF) 
• Link to Board of Supervisor’s Ordinance No. 255-08 - Ban on Wooden Fixed-Utility ladders
• Certified Energy and Water Conservation Inspectors