Rentals in Greensboro must have Rental Certificates

A Rental Certificate of Occupancy (RUCO) must be issued by the City of Greensboro before any type of housing unit is rented. The certificate assures the structure is up to code. Check out the rental unit you choose by visiting The City of Greensboro’s online public access to inspections. Type in the street for a rental unit you are considering. If it has a certificate, it has passed inspection and meets minimum standards. If there is no listing, it may mean that it has not yet been inspected (so its condition is not known) or it may mean that it failed inspection. Return to the Public Access page and click on Active Cases; put in the address. If the address comes up, click on it to see the Violations and History; property owners are not allowed to rent housing until the violations are corrected and the inspector finds the unit in compliance.

Since rental units have been required to get RUCOs the number of housing code violations has declined significantly. See a graph of the  reductions in code violations.