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27A Guide to Proactive Rental Inspection Programschangelabsolutions.org <br />responsibilities before the commencement of any tenancy.188 With the support of the <br />mayor’s office, Boston’s Inspectional Services Department holds monthly landlord seminars <br />to discuss the rental registration program and inspection process. These seminars are <br />scheduled in the evening to encourage attendance.189, 190 Kansas City, KS, staff are working <br />with a local community college to develop an online training program for landlords.191 <br />Programs should also work with tenant housing organizations and legal aid organizations <br />to ensure that tenants can understand and assert their rights. <br />Implement Complementary Programs <br />Finally, PRI programs can be more effectively implemented when the locality also puts into <br />place complementary programs to address related housing issues. <br />Funded relocation: Funded tenant relocation assistance programs help ensure that <br />displacement resulting from code enforcement efforts doesn’t result in housing instability <br />and homelessness, which have significant negative health impacts.192, 193, 194 Los Angeles, for <br />example, has a Tenant Relocation Assistance Program, which entitles a tenant to financial <br />assistance from the property owner to find new housing.195 Often, relocation programs will <br />provide different levels of funding for temporary and permanent displacement. In some <br />instances, owners may be unable or unwilling to pay relocation fees to tenants promptly <br />– or at all. For this reason, and because low-income tenants often lack sufficient assets to <br />move readily, it is critical that localities set aside designated funds to pay tenants when <br />landlords cannot. Municipal relocation ordinances sometimes allow the locality to place a <br />lien on the property to recoup these relocation payments from the owner.