06/13/2025
Please be advised that if you have received citations, it should not be ignored. It would be best to respond to the citation accordingly. Landlords won't just be fined or penalized; failure to comply may result to court appearances, additional citations, financial implications, and persecutions. The citations aren't targeting compliant landlords, rather they are targeting negligent rental property owners.
Cleveland ticketed 277 landlords for lead safety. To date, about 4% of those property owners have proven to the city their homes are safe.