Thanks for asking this question.

I would love to see a good answer for this. Considering at least half (I know it's really most) the homes I've seen listed and have looked at have plenty of unpermitted additions, I be interested in the real risk. I always assumed un permitted work on a home for sale was "buyer beware" and you'd be on the hook to undo the unpermitted work, and pay for the permits, and fines on top of it. In other words spend tens of thousands to undo permit and then redo the unpermitted work. Perhaps the LA housing market has turned me into a pessimist, or maybe I'm just bitter because I am renting.

 Seems like if the city is hurting for cash they could create a few jobs for people to search the MLS for all these unpermitted homes, hire a new county inspector, and then make all these pseudo wealthy ATM home owners pay up. I think it would generate more short term revenue than hiking parking ticket fees another 25% (yes I got a new one yesterday!).

I have a questions for you where would one go to report illegal housing units? How quickly are the reports looked into and and inspector sent to the building to investigate? 

Please email me at myrian07@gmail.com 

Thanks in advance for your help. 

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M-T wrote:

I have a questions for you where would one go to report illegal housing units? How quickly are the reports looked into and and inspector sent to the building to investigate? 

 

Please email me at myrian07@gmail.com 

 

Thanks in advance for your help. 

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You can file a report with the City of LA here: http://cris.lacity.org/cris/informationcenter/code/index.htm

I sent in a report on a house several months ago. Within about a month a city inspector went to the house and verified what I had put in the report and a notice to comply was issued to the owner. Then the owner has time to get the required work done... The entire process was about five months long.