Article
The People's Court
Journal of Affordable Housing
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2011
Keywords
- housing court
Disciplines
Abstract
The Cleveland Housing Court adjudicates only one house and one owner at a time, while the investors and speculators in blighted properties operate in secret at high volume from a distance. However, the court's focus on housing code compliance and its (when needed) willingness to hand down strong measures is powerful. Even now, the City of Cleveland is implementing new strategic code compliance measures in partnership with neighborhood-based community development corporations, to the point where there is less profit in owning worthless houses in Cleveland, and the court is redirecting the disposal of low-value foreclosed houses to local land banks and experimenting with other lawful ways to dispose of wasted loan collateral.
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Citation Information
Kermit J. Lind, The People's Court, ShelterForce (Fall 2011)