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How Housing Code Enforcement Shapes Stability and Access to Safe Homes

A new report by Housing Action Illinois and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Code Enforcement as a Tool for...

May 1, 2025

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Civil Nuisance Law – Private Nuisance Lawsuits

One Georgia municipality is working to develop “a civil nuisance law that would allow private citizens to file nuisance complaints in...

January 24, 2025

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PA Local Government Commission “Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Report”

The Local Government Commission of Pennsylvania General Assembly, a bicameral and bipartisan legislative agency released a new report titled “Property...

June 5, 2024

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White House Initiative: Converting Commercial Properties to Residential Use

The White House has announced new actions to increase the supply of affordable housing through the support of converting high-vacancy...

October 27, 2023

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Virginia Commonwealth University Study: Negligent landlords predictor of neighborhood violence

A study by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers found that the tax delinquency of company-owned properties was the only variable that...

September 14, 2022

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How do banks determine/define “vacant” or “abandoned” property?

A recent white paper was released by the Legal League 100, providing guidance and clarification on what constitutes a real...

January 19, 2022

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Money Well Spent – Land Banks

A recent study by Youngstown State University Williamson College of Business demonstrates a solid ROI. $21 million utilized to demolish...

July 9, 2021

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GAO Report on “Zombie Foreclosures”

On March 5th, 2021 the US Government Accountability Office released a report titled, “Home Foreclosures Sales: FHA, Rural Housing Service,...

March 5, 2021

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Where Transparency is Prudent

Open data and transparency regarding vacant and abandoned properties can result in unintended circumstances. However when discussing rental properties the...

January 20, 2021

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Strategic Code Enforcement: A Critical Tool for Supporting COVID-19 Neighborhood Response

On May 21st  the Center for Community Progress convened a webinar titled “Strategic Code Enforcement: A Critical Tool for Supporting...

June 8, 2020

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