Once again, I’m thanking Kelly Anbach, inspector for the Village of Hinsdale for finding out about a new program. Detroit is working with lenders to keep foreclosed homes […]
Code Enforcement / Law Enforcement and Codes
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How Code Enforcement Can Help Police Operations
The recent class I taught for the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn was very well attended and the feedback was terrific. […]
Foreclosure / property maintenance
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Problems Ahead for Commercial Real Estate
Commercial building foreclosures are going to be a big problem in 2010. Many communities already have these “zombie” buildings which were built during the good times but have […]
Building Codes
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Building in a Flood Plain
Too often purchasers of property do not do their due diligence to check for potential problems with the land or the building. This seems to happen quite frequently […]
Code Enforcement / Law Enforcement and Codes
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Vacant Properties: the True Cost to Communities
While preparing for a workshop I’ll be doing on 11/3/09 at the College of DuPage, Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, on the relationship between law enforcement and code enforcement, […]
Building Codes
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Homeowners with Chinese drywall losing their insurance
People who purchased houses with Chinese drywall (the kind that has been linked with a rotten egg smell and corrosion) are running into a problem when they file […]
Foreclosure
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High End Homes in Trouble
Inspectors in communities with high end homes should be vigilant in light of a recent Wall Street Journal article. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125530360128479161.html?mod=rss_US_News Foreclosures are rising in the top end of […]
Foreclosure
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Where is the Foreclosure Crisis the Worst?
There is an interesting map that show the distribution of foreclosure properties throughout the United States. You can find the map at http://data.newyorkfed.org/creditconditions/ It is courtesy of the […]
Building Codes
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Is the Contractor Really the Agent?
I had a wonderful trip to Colorado recently teaching Advanced Legal Aspects for Building Officials (and my husband and I took some time to go sightseeing). One of […]
Code Enforcement / property maintenance
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Trash House and Tragedy
There’s a sad tale from Jacksonville, Florida about a woman who was found dead under 8 feet of trash in her home. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=7054060 The rescue workers had difficulty […]