The Rental Housing Warrant of Fitness is an assessment tool that evaluates the presence of health and injury hazards within the home environment. It contains 29 criteria that cover aspects related to heating, ventilation, structural stability, sanitation and safety hazards with pass/fail assessment ratings.
The inspection is conducted by a trained and experienced assessor such as public health officer or trained builder and takes between 45 to 65 minutes to complete.
Health status and risk factors General use
Age group Children, Adults, Older Adults
Assessor Trained assessor; public health officer; trained builder
Sections / items 29 items
Duration 45-65 mins
Self-administered No
Multi-component No
Indicators Heating; ventilation; physical structure; sanitation
Authors Telfar-Barnard, L., Bennett, J., Howden-Chapman, P., Jacobs, D., Ormandy, D., Cutler-Welsh, M., Preval, N., Baker, M., & Keall, M.
Organizations Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago
Publication date 2017, 2014
Telfar-Barnard, L., Bennett, J., Howden-Chapman, P., Jacobs, D., Ormandy, D., Cutler-Welsh, M., Preval, N., Baker, M., & Keall, M. (2017). Measuring the effect of housing quality interventions: The case of the new zealand “Rental Warrant of Fitness”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(11), 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111352