Aaron Klein previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department for Economic Policy and Chief Economist of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. In January 2017, Klein issued aREAD MORE
Joe Schilling 2009 Study on Vacant Property Registration Ordinances
In 2009 Joseph Schilling (senior research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center and Research to Action Lab at the Urban Institute, at the time of the study Director of Research and PolicyREAD MORE
Georgia Institute of Technology White Paper “Local Vacant Property Registration Ordinances in the U.S.: An Analysis of Growth, Regional Trends, and Some Key Characteristics”
In 2012, a white paper was authored by Dan Immergluck and Yun Sang Lee from the School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology along with Patrick Terranova. The study titled ” LocalREAD MORE
Center for Community Progress The Building American Cities Toolkit
The Center for Community Progress (formerly the National Vacant Properties Campaign) developed The Building American Cities Toolkit™. In the tool kit, in the section titled “Dealing with vacant property owners” you will find their overviewREAD MORE
San Francisco seeks to get a handle on its inventory of vacant storefronts
The following two articles discussing recent developments in San Francisco raise two (2) important points. The value of community engagement – a key component of MuniReg’s solution – “Vacant storefronts have gained attention in recentREAD MORE
Private Cause of Action in Blight Cases
Zanesville OH ended up scrapping the section authorizing “private cause of action section intended to grant private citizens the ability to declare their neighbors nuisances in addition to law enforcement.” “Had the committee chosen toREAD MORE