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Governor’s Housing Conference Restoring Communities Across Maryland Protecting Communities from Vacant and Foreclosed Pr

Governor’s Housing Conference Restoring Communities Across Maryland Protecting Communities from Vacant and Foreclosed Properties October 16, 2012 Jason Hessler Assistant Commissioner of Litigation . Baltimore City Overview. Population: 620,000 Open violation Notices: 29,510

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Governor’s Housing Conference Restoring Communities Across Maryland Protecting Communities from Vacant and Foreclosed Pr

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  1. Governor’s Housing Conference Restoring Communities Across Maryland Protecting Communities from Vacant and Foreclosed PropertiesOctober 16, 2012 Jason Hessler Assistant Commissioner of Litigation

  2. Baltimore City Overview Population: 620,000 Open violation Notices: 29,510 Vacant Building Notices: 16,106 Property Maintenance Inspectors: 87 Inspections completed in FY’12: 287,000 Work Orders Completed in FY ’12: 52,193

  3. What we are doing to combat vacant properties

  4. Building Code Enforcement Capacity: What tools are critical and how do you get there? • Enforcement • Administrative citations • Rely on executive authority wherever possible and resort to judiciary only where necessary • Trained Investigators • Dedicated code enforcement attorneys

  5. Business processes that maximize productivity The Code EnforcementTimeline • New tools and business processes have been programmed into code enforcement’s automated business systems. • Within the first 12 months of launch, code enforcement will likely issue 1,000 citations for failing to abate a violation notice -effectively doubling enforcement capacity while at the same time reducing the wait time for results by more than 50%.

  6. Clean & Lien

  7. Demolition

  8. Trained Investigator

  9. Dedicated Attorneys and Court

  10. Unoccupied vs. Vacant • Unoccupied not Vacant – Keep an eye on it. • Issue violation notice at first signs of decline. • Require a registration. • Vacant foreclosed home • Locate responsible party • Clean, Secure and Lien Property • Keep them on a short lease • Litigate if necessary • Injunction vs. Receivership

  11. Code Enforcement works by leveraging private resources, if resources are not there, code enforcement cannot successfully leverage an outcome.

  12. GIS Mapping

  13. Receivership Filings

  14. Promote community involvement through access to data and an on-ramp to government.

  15. Communicate with the Community

  16. Be Responsive

  17. Tips

  18. Create a checklist • Property address • Mail-to address • Is the property registered? • Has the owner pulled any permits? • Do they own any other properties? • Are any of these properties registered? If so, repeat analysis. • Are the taxes paid? • Are there additional names listed on the deed? If so, repeat analysis. • Where is the water bill mailed? • Have they filed for bankruptcy?

  19. Identify In-House Resources Baltimore City Data Sources: • Land Records (BITS) • Property Registration • Licensing • Permits • Prior Code Actions • Investigator Files • Tax payments • Water bills

  20. Foreclosure Registry Database Free on the web • Google Search (Web sites), www.google.com • Phone book, www.superpages.com • Pipl, www.pipl.com • Facebook,, Myspace, linkedIn • SS Death Index, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com , (No longer free) • FDIC (Banks), www.fdic.gov • National Information Center (Banking Institution Search), http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/nichome.aspx • MD Register of Wills, http://registers.maryland.gov • Case Search, http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us (Judgment/Lien Search) • SDAT, http://www.dat.state.md.us/ • MD Land Records, www.mdlandrec.net • National Registered agent link, http://www.registeredagentinfo.com/ • Short Sale Lender site, http://www.short-sale-specialists.com/community_reports.shtml • MERS, http://www.mersinc.org/ • Federal Inmate search, http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp • State Inmate Search, http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/inmate

  21. Maryland Case Search http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us

  22. www.mdlandrec.net

  23. Mortgage Electronic Registration System

  24. Other Resources • Knock on doors and ask neighbors • Motor Vehicle Records. • Fee Based Internet Services, Accurint, CLEAR • www.accurint.com • www.west.thomson.com/westlaw

  25. Jason Hessler, Assistant CommissionerBaltimore HousingPermits and Code Enforcement Legal Section 417 E. Fayette St, Room 355Baltimore, MD 21202410-396-4140jason.hessler@baltimorecity.govwww.baltimorehousing.org

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