Category: Reference Desk

CCP Filling the Gaps: Helping Struggling Property Owners Connect to Rehab and Repair Resources

“Code enforcement will never be successful if communities ignore the realities of their local real estate markets and the circumstances...

June 18, 2020

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

We Will Need Code Enforcement Now More Than Ever: Three COVID-19 Responses to Protect Neighborhoods

In a recent blog posting, the Center for Community Progress discusses the various impacts on people and property as a...

May 13, 2020

American City & County “Post-COVID-19 property maintenance responsibility”

MuniReg President Michael Halpern contributed an article to American City and County pertaining to property maintenance during the COVID-19 recovery period. Post-COVID-19...

April 21, 2020

Covid – 19 National & State Resource Reference Page

Update April 30th Center for Community Progress Recent article explores ways to prevent or mitigate the destabilizing community impacts of...

March 31, 2020

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Foreclosure Prevention Resources

Updated October 6, 2021 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) New and Extended COVID-19 Relief options for Borrowers On September 27, the...

March 16, 2020

Dallas Task Force on Safe Communities Report

During the Summer of 2019, following increased gun violence and tragedies that took the lives of children, Mayor Eric Johnson...

January 15, 2020

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta White Paper on VPROs

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta just released a white paper on “VPROs” titled, “Foreclosure Externalities and Vacant Property Registration...

November 25, 2019

Meaningful Code Enforcement Communication and Engagement

One of the sessions at the recent Center for Community Properties Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference highlighted New York’s Cities for...

October 7, 2019

National League of Cities “Housing Market Conditions Across America’s Cities”

On September 10th, the National League of Cities issued a report titled “Housing Market Conditions Across America’s Cities” In this report,...

September 17, 2019