Category: News

Oswego NY Blight Reduction Loan Program

In a positive step another local government is utilizing the tax rolls to address blight in their community. After years...

March 12, 2019

Challenges to Nuisance Property Legislation

Update May 2, 2024 As a direct result of the lawsuit filed in Bedford OH, Mount Vernon OH is discussing...

February 27, 2019

New Hampshire “Zombie Foreclosures” Legislation

New Hampshire Following in the Footsteps of New York State’s “Zombie Foreclosures” Legislation? HB 235 was introduced earlier this year...

February 25, 2019

Precedent-Setting Court Ruling?

A decision by State Supreme Court Associate Justice Denise Sher  strikes down a zoning condition that required a two-family home...

Short-Term Rentals “To Ban or Not to Ban That is the Question”

In recent developments we see the sharp divide in opinions short-term rentals are creating across the country. New York City...

Mount Vernon OH Confusion surrounds vacant property registry

Interesting article that discusses some of the nuances inherent with vacant commercial property registration and the attempt to draft proper...

February 20, 2019

Federal Appeals Court: Saginaw vacant property registry doesn’t violate U.S. Constitution

A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge (class-action lawsuit brought by residents) to a Saginaw ordinance that requires owners...

February 19, 2019

San Francisco seeks to get a handle on its inventory of vacant storefronts

The following two articles discussing recent developments in San Francisco raise two (2) important points. The value of community engagement...

February 6, 2019

Private Cause of Action in Blight Cases

Zanesville OH ended up scrapping the section authorizing “private cause of action section intended to grant private citizens the ability...

January 25, 2019