Office of the Legislative Auditor - Program Evaluation Division

Preserving Housing: A Best Practices Review

April 16, 2003

*Supplemental Items (PDF) (These do not appear in the printed report.)

• Surveys
  
  • Local housing organizations
    (Aggregate results) (Table of questionnaire recipients and respondents)
    
  • Sample of cities from among those with the State Building Code
    (Aggregate results) (Table of questionnaire recipients and respondents)
    
  • Sample of cities from among those without the State Building Code
    (Aggregate results) (Table of questionnaire recipients and respondents)

• Checklist of performance measures in preserving housing

• Supplemental materials from examples of best practices
  
  • Cottage Grove's rental inspection checklist
    
  • Faribault's building code handouts (select examples only)
    
    • Escape and rescue window well dimensions
      
    • Garages/Sheds/Other Accessory Buildings: Information Packet
      
    • Permits Made Easy: Garages
      
    • Relocated House Requirements
      
  • Mounds View's pre-inspection information
    
  • St. Paul's Neighborhood Housing and Property Improvement Rules and Procedures (select excerpts)