Category: News

The City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Permits, Licensing, and Inspection (PLI) wants community feedback about condemned properties. The department’s new interactive website provides information about structures and space to comment about their safety. The city’s own scoringREAD MORE

On April 30, 2021, the First District Appellate Court struck down Chicago’s Protecting Tenants in Foreclosed Rental Properties Ordinance, better known as the Keep Chicago Renting Ordinance (“KCRO”) finding it is completely preempted by Illinois’READ MORE

Instead of relying on lawn maintenance companies, the Genesee County Land Bank are hiring community block-clubs, schools, churches, neighborhood associations, and local non-profits to clean and maintain their own neighborhoods “We have actually 10 newREAD MORE

American City and County published an article written by Michael Halpern on the impact vacant properties have on a neighborhood’s stability. Taking data collected on HUD’s metrics, reported by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO),READ MORE

This legislation would amend the Real Estate Tax Sale Law in regard to registration requirements in order to bid at a tax sale. Name, address and telephone number will be required of every applicant, includingREAD MORE

A federal judge has vacated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium to prevent tenants from losing their homes for not paying their rent due to the economic and health ramifications of the coronavirusREAD MORE

In response to a historic string of natural disasters, Congress appropriated approximately $39.5 billion in CDBG-DR grant funds in 2017 through 2019. GAO was asked to review a range of disaster recovery issues following theREAD MORE

Updated 8/15/2021 Senate Bill 1721 has now been signed by the Governor. To view the final bill text, please click here To view a press release from the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus, please click here.READ MORE

In a recent article, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discusses varying approaches between non-profits In Milwaukee WI, and Youngstown OH but also their common denominator” both are willing to publicly shame property owners.”   For moreREAD MORE

House Bill 267, which is making its way through the Illinois General Assembly, would create the “Local Government Residential Inspection Limitation Act” and would provide that, except for a fire, medical, or police emergency orREAD MORE

Dayton Daily News conducted an independent investigation where they discovered that a large sum of funds meant to provide rental assistance during the pandemic went to landlords of uninhabitable properties. To read more, click here