This article in the Wall Street Journal describes a scenario we’ve been seeing recently, owner occupied property in distant suburbs turning into rental neighborhoods. It’s entitled, In the […]
Building Codes
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Permits Anyone?: As Prices Decline, Investors Swoop In
At the airport in San Francisco yesterday while waiting for my flight, I read this in the San Francisco Chronicle: The Bay Area reached a peak median sales […]
Politics and building codes
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Playing Politics Results in Punishment
Too often political considerations interfere with the ability of building code officials to do their jobs in an appropriate manner. Most of the time this type of behavior […]
Code Enforcement
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Dealing with Foreclosed Properties
While exploring the Safeguard website because of Kelly Anbach’s comments, I found that it had a list of contact information for lender’s servicers. I’m not sure how up […]
property maintenance
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Tips on Dealing with Vacant Properties
Kelly Anbach is a code enforcement officer in the Village of Hinsdale who I am proud to work with. She is dealing with many foreclosed properties and has […]
Code Enforcement
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Why I Teach and Write: Part 1
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching Legal Aspects of Code Enforcement for the Huron Valley Association of Code Officials. They were a wonderful audience, and very […]
Code Enforcement / Politics and building codes
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Code Enforcement is Law Enforcement Part #1
My first position after law school was as an assistant state’s attorney where my entire training revolved around criminal law enforcement. When I left the State’s Attorney’s office, […]