State Sen. Louis Blessing (R-Colerain Township) has introduced two pieces of legislation to address “corporate slumlords”. OH SB 354 “would bar landlords or property owners with unresolved code violations or unpaid fines from bidding onREAD MORE
Zombie Foreclosures Still Exist!
Definitely a more frequent occurrence during the foreclosure crisis, however examples like this still exists. Homeowner becomes delinquent on the mortgage, bank initiates foreclosure, homeowners vacates/abandons the property and assumes bank takes possession. However banksREAD MORE
Processes for handling blight – local responses
In an earlier post, we featured an article from Western Wayne News (WWN) discussing “VPROs”. That article is part of a series on addressing blight. In the next article, WWN provides a high-level view of howREAD MORE
“Revitalize or Die” – Value of a “VPRO”
A recent article featured the “Revitalize or Die” blog of Jeff Siegler including comments about the value of a vacant property registry. In addition to discussing the components of a registry, the article quotes SieglerREAD MORE
Leveraging Resources – College Students
One South Carolina County is utilizing a local resource to address vacant and abandoned properties – Wofford College ethnography and data science students. READ MORE
Taking Matters into One’s Own Hands
Many municipalities utilize various reporting methods to address blight. Now in Baltimore, one housing advocate who also happens to be a systems and software engineer, seeing the need for better data created a new appREAD MORE
Government ALONE is not the answer
“The current and very dedicated Code Enforcement team is simply overwhelmed…………..” “Government is not the answer.” Two quotes from a recent article speak volumes. The first one we agree with! The second one, well thatREAD MORE
NYS Assembly Bill A3081/S3933 “Mortgages in Default Registries”
Update December 21 New York Assembly Bill A3081, was signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on November 21. To view an update from Ballard Spahr LLP, please click here. Through a lot of hard work fromREAD MORE
Center for Community Progress Webinar: State Policy and Equitable Revitalization
With its latest webinar, CCP focuses on how state laws and policies affect local attempts to revitalize problem properties. With presentations by Alan Mallach – Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress and Alison Goebel –READ MORE
HOA Foreclosure Reforms
HOA with more than $1 million dollars on hand in checking accounts, CDs, saving accounts and cash, and total assets at more than $2.2 million dollars! That is what one media outlet reported on recently.READ MORE
White House “Housing Supply Action Plan”
Today, the White House issued a press release announcing Housing Supply Action Plan designed to ease the burden of housing costs over time, by boosting the supply of quality housing in every community. The planREAD MORE
Zombie Foreclosure “Shamer” has New Target …..With a Caveat
Erie County (NY) Clerk Mickey Kearns has been taking on so-called “zombie” properties for years, but now he’s got a new target to shame besides lenders: Erie County itself. Kearns states, many municipalities in theREAD MORE