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Indianapolis targets negligent landlords

Posted on: January 18, 2011November 9, 2011

Large cities need to be strategic in how they use limited resources to target distressed properties. The IndyStar reports that Indianapolis has decided to concentrate its efforts by […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / property maintenance

College Towns and Fire Code Violations

Posted on: January 13, 2011November 9, 2011

College towns and code violations go together like students and text books.  Students seek cheap housing and are willing to live in terrible conditions if the price is […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance

Landlord Cited for 8,000 Building Code Violations

Posted on: January 2, 2011November 9, 2011

If a local jurisdiction doesn’t have an effective enforcement system, whether it’s in court or at an administrative level, there will be no incentive for bad landlords to […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / property maintenance / Zoning

Building Code Violations and Deadly Fires

Posted on: December 31, 2010November 9, 2011

There have been too many deadly fires this past week and the one factor they have in common is that each of the buildings had preexisting code violations.  […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance

Building Code Violations on YouTube

Posted on: December 30, 2010November 9, 2011

Without commenting on the viewpoint of the creator, here’s a video of some interesting construction, like the house with a fire plug blocking the driveway: Citizens who normally […]

Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / property maintenance

Firefighters Die in Chicago When Roof Collapses

Posted on: December 23, 2010November 9, 2011

It’s been so sad reading about the 2 firefighters who died in Chicago when the roof of a boarded up building collapsed on Wednesday.  The owner had been […]

Code Enforcement / property maintenance

Measuring Temperature in Heat Violation Cases

Posted on: December 23, 2010November 9, 2011

It’s that time of year when tenants are shivering in apartments because the heat does not reach the temperature required by the code.  When an inspector has such […]

property maintenance

Christmas and Code Enforcement

Posted on: December 19, 2010November 9, 2011

In keeping with the season, I am republishing a picture of my favorite Christmas tree violation from last year.

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Liability / property maintenance

Worst Bathroom in New York

Posted on: December 15, 2010November 9, 2011

There’s a very descriptive article about the worst bathroom in New York City at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/the-worst-bathroom-in-new-york/ Justin said that a pipe had burst last January, gushing enough scalding water […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / property maintenance / Uncategorized

Judges and Code Enforcement

Posted on: December 9, 2010November 9, 2011

Having the support of the judiciary is critical in obtaining compliance.  I’ve been very fortunate in my career to have judges who really understand how important code enforcement […]

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