RealtyTrak has just released a study charting the cities with the most home foreclosures. You can find it at: http://www.realtytrac.com/ContentManagement/PressRelease.aspx?channelid=9&ItemID=6965 The Sun Belt is the hardest hit.
Code Enforcement / Law Enforcement and Codes / property maintenance
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Rental Inspection Ordinances – A Great Tool
A rental inspection ordinance that involves licensing landlords is a very effective tool in keeping property from falling into disrepair or worse. It’s one of the best ways […]
Foreclosure / property maintenance
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Foreclosure Dilemma
I was in Peoria teaching Legal Aspects this week and met lots of enthusiastic inspectors eager for tips on how to more effective at enforcement. One of the […]
Law Enforcement and Codes
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Leveraging Code Enforcement for Neighborhood Safety
Simon Goldstein with the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest shared a great resource with me. It’s a brochure that deals with police-code-community partnerships and it […]
property maintenance
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Owner fined $35,720 for 150 cats
I have had some pretty awful trash houses filled with animals in my years of prosecution but this woman kept 150 cats in her mansion in New Jersey. […]
Politics and building codes
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City plumbing inspector who nails others for working without permits accused of doing same thing
One of the things I love about living in the Chicago area is the entertaining misdeeds in which city workers get involved. Here’s a story from the Chicago […]