Give owner self-inspection something to stand on.
Montage adds a dated, owner-submitted record to the rental programs you already run. No new inspectors, and nobody from the city inside the unit.
More rentals than any inspection team can reach.
Three limits every rental program runs into.
Paper promises.
Affidavits and checklists are easy to file and hard to verify.
Thin staffing.
A few inspectors cover thousands of rental units alongside everything else code enforcement handles.
Occupied homes.
Entering a home takes consent, scheduling and time, and residents are right to care how it is done.
What you get.
- Owner-submitted
A record with the registration.
The owner walks the unit and submits a dated record with the registration, renewal or self-certification.
- Desk review
Spot-check from the office.
Staff review a sample of records at the desk and send inspectors where a visit is actually needed.
- Consent
Voluntary by design.
Nothing is captured without the owner's consent, and no one from the city enters the unit to make the record.
- Follow-up
Proof a violation was corrected.
When a repair is ordered, the owner can show it was done with a dated record instead of a return visit.
- Consistency
The same form from every owner.
Records arrive in one format, so a unit can be read against its own history.
- People, not cameras
This is not a monitoring program.
Records are made by owners, unit by unit, during visits that already happen.
Montage keeps a permanent, dated record of a unit's condition that no one can rewrite. We show how it works in a briefing.
Alongside the program you already have.
- Owner files
A registration, renewal or self-certification.
- Owner walks the unit
With a phone, when it suits them.
- Record arrives
Attached to the filing, dated.
- Staff spot-check
From the desk, on a sample.
- Inspectors go
Where a visit is needed.
Three reasons the timing is right.
- ProgramsSelf-certification is already here.
Many rental programs accept an owner's affidavit or checklist in place of an inspection. A dated record makes that filing something your staff can check.
- StaffingSmall teams, more units.
A desk review lets the inspectors you have cover more ground without lowering the bar.
- Public trustNot a camera program.
Residents and councils are wary of camera-based enforcement. A record the owner makes, with consent, is a different thing.
Built for the real world.
People make the record.
A walk is done by a person who is already allowed in the unit, in plain view, at a time they choose.
Consent comes first.
Nothing is captured without the consent of the owner or resident responsible for the unit.
Terms in writing before work starts.
Who can see a record, how long it is kept and how it may be used are agreed up front. Read our approach.
See it on your own units.
Tell us what you manage or inspect. We will arrange a briefing.