Housing

Reporting Violations

For complaints concerning:

Housing- deteriorated or poorly maintained property/painting
Visual nuisances, eyesores in your neighborhood
Zoning issues: junkyards; illegally parked autos on private property; fences
Unfit interior human living conditions
Rooming houses: check for permits and sanitary conditions
Board-up of open buildings
High grass/weeds on private property in your neighborhood

To report violations and request city services/issues contact ENGAGE TOLEDO, a 24/7 customer service provider for all city service requests and issues.

For more information, please visit Housing Court website.

Engage Toledo

For issues that require immediate attention, such as a water or sewer emergency, or anything pertaining to public safety, call: 419-936-2020.

Call 911 for police/fire assistance, crimes in progress or life-threatening emergencies.

Engage with the online portal

Engage with your mobile device

Engage Toledo can also receive issues reported through an app for your iOS or Android device.

Engage by email

Email ENGAGE TOLEDO 24/7 at engagetoledo@toledo.oh.gov

Healthy Homes (Links & Contact Numbers)

Lead:

Lucas County Health Department (419) 213-4100, ext. 3
For a packet of materials or questions about lead, call the National Lead Information Center (800) 424-LEAD
For information on lead in drinking water, call the EPA Safe Driving Water Hotline (800) 426-4791
Contact HUD about healthy homes and lead hazard control (800) HUD-FHA -HUD

Hazardous Household Products:

Poison Control Center (800) 222-1222
Lucas County Health Department (419) 213-4100, ext. 3
Consumer Products Safety Commission (800) 638-2772
EPA's Consumer Labeling Initiative

Resources for Homeowners

Guide to Easy Home Repairs

The Homeowners' Checklist for Home Maintenance provides a list of preventative home maintenance items that can save on expensive and serious repairs later. It's not always easy to know what to do or why it's important. This checklist and the Homeowners' Guide for Easy Home Repair video will guide you through some simple, low cost home repair projects. You will also find some basic guidelines for hiring a professional when a project is too complex to do it yourself.

Links & Who to Call

For many people, their home is their most valuable financial asset. It is important to be cautious when hiring someone to work on your home. Just because a home improvement company advertises in the phonebook, newspapers, on television and radio commercials does not mean the contractor has a high quality of workmanship. Nor does it necessarily mean they are licensed contractors.

To research any history of complaints made against a company contact the Better Business Bureau of NW Ohio and SE Michigan at 419-531-3116.

To verify that a person/company has the appropriate licensure call City of Toledo Building Division at 419-245-1220.

To apply for your own permit, to schedule an inspection, or check on the status of your permit, visit City of Toledo Division of Building Inspection.

For a list of properly licensed home remodelers contact Home Builders Association of Greater Toledo, Inc. at 419-473-2507.

Professional Remodelers Organization 419-471-0101.

Bench Warrants

If you own property that has been cited as a public nuisance and have failed to appear in court or comply with court orders, you have a bench warrant in the Toledo Municipal Court.

If your name appears on the list to follow, you may contact the Toledo Municipal Court Clerk's Office at 419-936-3650 to obtain available court dates. These lists may not reflect changes in ownership of properties since the date of citation.

As of April 7, 2003, The Toledo Municipal Court has started to place warrant blocks against those individuals that have bench warrants pending. Warrant blocks prevent the defendant from renewing their driver's license and license plates.

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