Register for your housing license

The 2024-2025 Housing License renewal period will open September 4^th, 2024. Please renew your license by November 1^st, 2024, to avoid late fees.

ALL HOUSING LICENSES ARE DUE ON NOVEMBER 1.

Click here to go to our CitizenServe portal to apply for your housing license.

Other important Details about the Lakewood Housing License Application

• Non-owner Occupied Condominium: The fee for non-owner occupied condominium units is now $45.00 per unit.
• Owner Occupied Condominiums & Condominium Buildings: There is no longer a fee for owner occupied condominium units or for condominium buildings.
• Late Fees: Owners not securing a Housing license by November 1 will be assessed a late fee of twenty-five ($25.00) per unit.
• Housing License fees are not pro-rated.
• The Housing License Portal for the upcoming year opens August 1. 
• Housing License fees are:

Non-owner-occupied condominium units:	$45.00 per unit
Rooming house containing two or more tenants:	$60.00 per unit
Non-owner occupied one-or-two family structures:	$75.00 per unit
Three-family dwellings:	$60.00 per non-owner occupied unit
All other non-owner occupied structures:	$45.00 per dwelling unit
Multi-family buildings single license:	$3,500.00 per building
Vacant Property License:	$200.00 per building

 

We encourage you to reach out to our department at (216) 529-6270 or housing.building@lakewoodoh.gov if we can help answer any questions about the housing license application process moving forward.

Thank you for your continued commitment to and investment in the Lakewood community

Click here to go to our CitizenServe portal to apply for your housing license.

Rental Property List

Click here to fill out the Non-Renewal of Housing License Form.