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Same old excuses

Posted on: August 5, 2018

Having prosecuted many owner/landlords, I have heard lots of excuses for the violations on their properties but they are all very similar.  I started pondering this after reading […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Court cases / Law Enforcement and Codes / Ordinances / property maintenance

Contempt of court – a powerful enforcement tool

Posted on: April 14, 2018

What can be done when a defendant refuses to obey a court order, whether it’s fixing up properties or turning over documents?  The solution is the contempt power […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Ordinances / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance / rental inspections

Cycle of complacency and outrage continues

Posted on: April 24, 2013

In my last couple of Tweets, I pointed inspectors to articles involving the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West Texas and a tragic fire in England.  It’s […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Ordinances

Home owners gone rogue

Posted on: December 12, 2012December 12, 2012

Recently I was interviewed by MSN Real Estate for an article on working without a permit.  The article just appeared online entitled “When Homeowners Go Rogue”.  It’s a […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Ordinances

Expired building permits

Posted on: September 27, 2012

One of my pet peeves are building permits that don’t have a set expiration date.  Most of the building codes have their permits expire 180 days after no […]

Building Codes / Foreclosure / Ordinances / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance

Politics and the foreclosure crisis

Posted on: June 7, 2012

One of the biggest problems facing local governments these days is finding the resources to maintain vacant properties.  These homes are empty because of the foreclosure crisis and […]

Ordinances

Debate over biocremation alkaline hydroloysis

Posted on: February 7, 2012February 7, 2012

One of the inspectors at my Region III class brought to my attention a process of disposing of human remains that is called biocremation alkaline hydrolysis that his […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Ordinances

Fire tragedy in high rise without sprinklers

Posted on: January 19, 2012January 19, 2012

A young woman lost her life in Chicago recently during a fire.  The fire began in a unit in a high rise apartment building, the residents fled the […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Ordinances / Zoning

Enforcing failure to have an occupancy permit

Posted on: January 19, 2012

I received a request that I post this question for all of my readers to answer.  Do any of your jurisdictions have an ordinance allowing you to shut […]

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

FHFA sues Chicago over vacant building registration

Posted on: December 16, 2011

A very worrisome lawsuit has been filed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, against the City of Chicago which recently passed […]

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