Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin, Author at StoryBoard Memphis

Community Development Law Corner Opinion

Title Insurance and Neighborhood Revitalization

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW CORNER By Danny Schaffzin & Steve Barlow Very often after a foreclosure auction, a property is so delinquent on taxes that it…

Community Development Law Corner Opinion

Combating Predatory Investors

Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin June 13, 2019 No Comments Blight Cerberus Capital Management Memphis Neighborhood Advocacy Neighborhoods NPI Predatory Investors Washington Post

More Regulation & Advocacy For Low-Income Home Renters May Help in the Battle Against Out-of-Town Investors Like Cerberus On Christmas Day 2018, Washington Post reporters Todd…

Community Development Law Corner Memphis Families Opinion

Legal Tools for Assuring the Quality of Residential Rental Properties

Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin April 2, 2019 No Comments Blight Blight Authority of Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team Chronic Nuisance Properties Memphis Rental Properties

Affordable, quality housing is a basic human need. But access to such housing eludes many families in Memphis and other American communities. Even where affordable housing…

Neighborhood Preservation Inc. Planning & Urbanism

NPI and UofM to Host Third Annual SCEMA Program

Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin March 7, 2019 No Comments Code Enforcement Neighborhood Preservation Inc.NPI SCEMA University of Memphis University of Memphis School of Law

The Strategic Code Enforcement Management Academy (SCEMA) is an educational enterprise to build the capacity of leaders engaged in the making, administering and enforcing of…

Community Development Law Corner Opinion

The International Property Maintenance Code for Memphis

Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin February 4, 2019 No Comments Blight Authority of Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team Code Enforcement Memphis Memphis Fights Blight

This monthly column is dedicated to explaining in layman’s terms the complex legal issues that are involved in neighborhood revitalization in Memphis. Of all the legal…

Community Development Law Corner Opinion

Delinquent Taxes Contribute To Blight

Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin January 7, 2019 No Comments Blight Memphis Fights Blight Memphis Property Hub Property Taxes Shelby County Shelby County Land Bank Shelby County Trustee

HOW DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION WORKS & HOW WE ENFORCE IT The complex, lengthy and uncertain process of delinquent property tax collection and foreclosure in…

Community Development Law Corner Opinion

Amended NPA Is A Game-Changer In Reclaiming Vacant Structures

Steve Barlow and Danny Schaffzin December 10, 2018 No Comments Blight Blight Authority of Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team Memphis Fights Blight NPA Tennessee Neighborhood Preservation Act

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW CORNER By Steve Barlow & Danny Schaffzin In 2018, the Tennessee Legislature passed amendments to the Tennessee Neighborhood Preservation Act (NPA), found…