Update New article goes into more details on this issue including various approaches by several municipalities. To view the article, please click on following link: Families lose homes after Florida cities turbocharge code enforcement foreclosuresREAD MORE
HB 2083 Kansas Vacant Property Act
Kansas Senate is deliberating on HB 2083 after it passed the House. The bill seeks to create “the Kansas vacant property act to prohibit municipalities from imposing any fees or registration requirements on the basisREAD MORE
CA SB 356 Code Enforcement Incentive Program: Community Code Enforcement Pilot Program
On March 20th, MuniReg was honored to submit the following testimony in support of SB 356 Senate Bill No 356 Michael Halpern, President MuniReg LLC Testimony in Support Chair Wiener and members of the Committee:READ MORE
“Property Reunification” Pilot Program
Louisville KY is piloting a new program titled, “Property Reunification” at reunifying heirs with privately owned properties currently being maintained by Louisville Metro Government. “By uniting heirs with these lots, the program will encourage neighborhoodREAD MORE
Wichita Eagle Op-Ed “Kansas lawmakers on the wrong side in fight against blight”
A recent Op-Ed discusses the progression of Kansas HB 2083 that has now passed the House. VPRO’s are widely utilized across the country. As the author states, the legislators are on the wrong side ofREAD MORE
Institutional Investors in Housing
A new report has been released by Nowak Metro Finance Lab in collaboration with Accelerator for America titled, “We Buy Houses”: You Lose Out. This study follow a September 2022 study titled, “Investor Home PurchasesREAD MORE
Nuisance Lien Recovery
Two recent developments in this arena from Georgia and Michigan. Georgia The LaGrange City Council is considering limiting the interest that accrues on liens placed on properties to pay for the demolition of unsafe houses.READ MORE
California Seeks to Boost Code Enforcement
Senate Bill 356 was introduced on February 8th, and was referred to the Housing Committee the following week. According to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest; The bill (titled “Housing: Code Enforcement Incentive Program: Community Code EnforcementREAD MORE
Fees for Vacant Property Owners Who Receive 311 Complaints
Baltimore City Council is considering establishing fees for vacant property owners who receive 311 requests against their properties. The ordinance would create a fee structure with increasing fines as more and more substantiated 311 serviceREAD MORE
“Unprecedented Test Case” in Pittsburgh
In what the Pittsburgh Gazette is calling an “unprecedented effort”, “dramatic move” and a “test case”, community groups are pushing in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to step in under the state’s Abandoned and Blighted Property ConservatorshipREAD MORE
“Padlock Laws” for Nuisance Properties
The New Orleans City Council voted to give the police chief authority to shut down nuisance businesses that could be contributing to the city’s crime crisis. The “padlock law provides for a business to beREAD MORE
Taking Tougher Stand on Fires at Abandoned Properties
Two recent articles discuss new strategies pertaining to fires, and the associated costs to local government, at vacant and abandoned properties. Winnipeg (Canada) Newly proposed legislation in Winnipeg (Canada) proposes that owners of vacant propertiesREAD MORE