Our Code Compliance Inspectors play a key role in keeping Seattle’s housing safe. Most inspections are complaint based, meaning we respond when tenants, neighbors, or community members report a potential violation. When a complaint comes in, inspectors verify the conditions, determine whether code requirements are being met, and work with… [ Keep reading ]
As warmer weather arrives, our code enforcement inspectors are seeing a sharp increase in overgrown vegetation affecting sidewalks, rights‑of‑way, and building access. These conditions can create safety hazards for pedestrians, limit visibility, and impede emergency access. What we look for during inspections: How property owners can help: Thank you to… [ Keep reading ]
The FBI has issued a warning about a nationwide phishing scam in which criminals impersonate city and county planning and zoning officials to solicit fraudulent permit-related payments. These emails often include accurate permit details and professional-looking formatting but originate from non-government domains and pressure recipients to pay via wire transfer… [ Keep reading ]
We’ve made meaningful progress this year to support housing, improve services, and strengthen our permitting and regulatory systems. We advanced affordable housing initiatives, supported office‑to‑residential conversions, expanded shelter capacity, and continued to invest in future development through Mandatory Housing Affordability funding. We also improved our core services. The City Council… [ Keep reading ]
The Lab at City Light – City Light’s education and training resource for efficient electrification – wants feedback from contractors like you! The Lab is conducting a survey with the research firm TRC to gather your perspectives on trainings and materials that would be most helpful and relevant to your… [ Keep reading ]
Join us on June 8 at 12 PM for a free webinar, Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standards & Seattle Energy Code for existing buildings: What BEPS & SEC requirements apply to your building? Topics covered in the webinar include: Register to attend the webinar.
SDCI reviews construction permit applications to ensure that they meet safety, environmental, land use, and other requirements. The application process can be complex. Multiple teams at the City review each application. It can take several rounds of back-and-forth between SDCI and the applicant to complete review, approval, and issuance of a… [ Keep reading ]
SDCI’s Renting in Seattle program offers free quarterly training for housing providers. Join us for the next Landlord Workshop on Wednesday, May 27 at City Hall from 10:30 AM – 1 PM where we will cover Seattle’s rental regulations from move-in to move-out. Training materials are provided. Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle City… [ Keep reading ]
Every May, Building Safety Month, led by the International Code Council, highlights the people, practices, and policies that keep our communities safe. In Seattle, one of the most important building safety efforts underway is reducing the risk posed by unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, older brick structures that can collapse during earthquakes when they haven’t been retrofitted. … [ Keep reading ]
