What kind of a vacant building can an inspector enter without an administrative search warrant? It really depends on the facts of each case. Just because a building […]
training
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Webinar on Managing Distressed Properties for Code Officials
I spent the morning at the ICC offices in Country Club Hills filming a webinar on foreclosure issues for code officials called “Managing Distressed Properties for Code Officials”. […]
Law Enforcement and Codes
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Code Enforcement is Law Enforcement Part 3
Jake Slater, Director of the Department of Code Enforcement and Business Tax in Tampa, FL contacted me to comment on my most recent post about how code enforcement […]
Building Codes
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Denying Permit for Good Intentions
Sometimes a local jurisdiction ends up getting in trouble for denying a permit though it had honorable intentions. In Vineyard Investments LLC v. City of Madison, 999 So.2d […]
Code Enforcement / Foreclosure
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Homes by Fannie Mae
If you want to find out what houses are owned by Fannie Mae in your jurisdiction, go to http://reosearch.fanniemae.com/reosearch/ Once again credit goes to Kelly Anbach, code enforcement […]
Code Enforcement
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Code Enforcement is Law Enforcement Part 2
I had the privilege of doing a seminar for MACE, the Missouri group for code inspectors, last month in Springfield, Missouri. The members were energetic and a joy […]
Code Enforcement / Foreclosure
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Suburban Homes Become Rentals
This article in the Wall Street Journal describes a scenario we’ve been seeing recently, owner occupied property in distant suburbs turning into rental neighborhoods. It’s entitled, In the […]
Building Codes
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Permits Anyone?: As Prices Decline, Investors Swoop In
At the airport in San Francisco yesterday while waiting for my flight, I read this in the San Francisco Chronicle: The Bay Area reached a peak median sales […]
Politics and building codes
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Playing Politics Results in Punishment
Too often political considerations interfere with the ability of building code officials to do their jobs in an appropriate manner. Most of the time this type of behavior […]
Code Enforcement
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Dealing with Foreclosed Properties
While exploring the Safeguard website because of Kelly Anbach’s comments, I found that it had a list of contact information for lender’s servicers. I’m not sure how up […]