The University of Memphis School of Law’s Neighborhood Preservation Clinic is filing 25 lawsuits on behalf of the Klondike-Smokey City Community Development Corporation. For more information on the Clinic please see below overview from theirREAD MORE
Challenge Averted in Kansas
SB510, introduced in February 2022 would “prohibit municipalities from imposing any fees or registration requirements on unoccupied residential or commercial property.” The legislation died in committee in May 2022. Please see below for a linkREAD MORE
Testing Public Nuisance Law
The Indiana Court of Appeals previously ruled that a law passed by the General Assembly prevented the city from using emergency calls as proof of a public nuisance. In order to use the calls asREAD MORE
“Zombie Foreclosures” & “Zombie Properties” Live on in Chicago
In July 2022, a local Chicago news station reported on “Zombie foreclosures stick former homeowners with major fines from city after bank doesn’t claim deed”. Now in a follow-up report in October 2022, examples ofREAD MORE
“The Benefit of Brownfields” – an in-depth analysis of $272mm in grant funding
New white paper by the Greater Ohio Policy Center examines over $270 million awarded through September 2022 allocated towards the clean up 115 sites and to support 74 assessments. “The anticipated end uses for theREAD MORE
Pressing the Pause Button on Fines for 311 Calls
Recent article from Baltimore discusses the status of Ordinance 22-0204 “which would fine property owners for extensive and repeated 311 service calls and or emergency calls.” For more information, please click on the following links;READ MORE
Reimagine Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement
In its newest publication, the Center for Community Progress “lays a general foundation for understanding the property tax system, but specifically focuses on ways to reform the delinquent property tax enforcement process for vacant properties—thoseREAD MORE
Tax Foreclosures, Tax Lien Sales, Homeowner’s Equity and Legislative Challenges
A recent article in Governing (originally in Stateline/Pew) discusses judicial and legislative efforts in several states to address cases of homeowners losing “not only their houses but also years of mortgage payments if they failREAD MORE
October National Code Compliance Month
MuniReg is proud to share the sentiments of countless communities across the country in acknowledging the efforts and contributions of the thousands of code enforcement officers. Please find below for the proclamation from the AmericanREAD MORE
Affected Neighbors With a Seat at the Table
Update November 11, 2022 The legislation has now been enacted. For more information, please click here. Newly proposed ordinance in Louisville, KY would provide neighbors of a “Criminal Activity Nuisance” the ability to directly confrontREAD MORE
City-owned blight
Recent ordinance introduced to New Orleans (LA) City Council, would require the creation of an annual public list of all blighted or vacant city-owned properties, their current conditions and the estimated cost to bring dilapidatedREAD MORE
Baltimore In-rem Foreclosure Program
In March, we provided an Op-Ed from the Baltimore Sun with concerns over Baltimore’s planned initiatives to address vacant homes. Now movement has occurred on one of the initiatives – the in-rem tax foreclosure. For moreREAD MORE