OUR PROGRAMS

Launching in June 2026!

The Dayton Energy Collaborative (DEC) and the City of Dayton’s Office of Sustainability Innovation Team are starting a program designed to assist small, local landlords in addressing critical repair needs in tenant-occupied homes while promoting long-term housing stability, affordability, and healthy communication practices between landlords and tenants. Through this pilot, qualifying landlords may receive grant funding for repair assistance on one tenant-occupied unit.

Repair Projects Will Be

• Identified through a comprehensive home assessment, completed by DEC staff

• Prioritized based on critical repairs needs impacting livability and paths to weatherization

• Informed by input from both tenants and landlords

• Completed by vetted contractors selected through a lowest-and-best-bid process

Program Requirements

To be eligible to participate in the program, landlords must

• Submit the Landlord Interest Form

• Satisfy pre-check requirements (landlords with properties in foreclosure, with delinquent property taxes, on the City of Dayton’s Nuisance List may be excluded)

• Complete the Landlord Application

• Participate in a required educational class with their tenant

  • Class topics include, but are not limited to:

    • Tenant rights and responsibilities

    • Landlord rights and responsibilities

    • Basic home maintenance

    • Conflict resolution

  • Class sessions are expected to last approximately 2–3 hours

• Agree not to increase rent during the program compliance period (2 years from contract signature date)

• Agree not to pursue evictions without just cause and pursuing mediation efforts

• Agree not to sell the home

• Develop and sign a new lease agreement or lease addendum that includes a communication agreement between landlord and tenant

• Sign forgivable loan agreements, construction contract, and other agreements related to grant-funded repair assistance

• Participate in regular check-ins and compliance monitoring with DEC staff, including an assessment to be conducted by DEC staff 6 months post project completion

• Comply with all additional program policies and requirements

This program is intended to serve as a collaborative investment in both Dayton’s housing stock and the relationships that help create stable and successful tenancies. We are grateful for your interest and look forward to the opportunity to work together to preserve and improve housing conditions for Dayton residents.

Interested individuals should complete an interest form.

Contact DEC to request a paper interest form.

Interested landlords should be prepared to provide a comprehensive list of properties that you own, including all that are in your name, an LLC that you own, have a legal title to, or are receiving rent from.