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Health department Q3 report: inspections rise with new short-term rental program; homelessness count methods explained
Summary
The Q3 2025 report noted inspections increased after a tourist rooming house (TRH) program launched, TRH licenses rose from 76 to 127, two OAK overdose-response kits were installed in municipal buildings, and staff explained why HUD point-in-time homeless counts differ from higher school-district estimates.
The Appleton City Health Department reported a rise in environmental public health inspections in 2025 tied largely to a new tourist rooming house (TRH) compliance program and other operational expansions. Health officer Dr. Seepers told the Board of Health the TRH program accounted for much of the inspection increase and that "when going into this would have been July 2024, we had a total of 76 licenses. We are now up to 127." He added the department encountered about 48 noncompliant short-term rentals that either moved to long-term renting or were sold rather than continuing as short-term operations.
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