Friday, October 2nd, Alcy-Ball, Memphis – In the crisp cool air of a bright fall morning and with the static hum of the I-240 nearby,…
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Tag: Blight Authority of Memphis
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…
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“In The Absence” Pigeon Roost Filmmakers Discuss Blight & ‘Shadow Investors’
Mark Fleischer: Benjamin Rednour and Jordan Danelz of Pigeon Roost films (pigeonroost.co) have been for the last couple years working with Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. on…
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Legal Tools for Assuring the Quality of Residential 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…
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Nonprofit Land Banks: A Powerful Tool for Strengthening Neighborhoods
It’s obvious to anyone driving through dozens of Memphis’s neighborhoods — Memphis has too many abandoned and vacant properties. More than 13,000 structures and vacant…
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The International Property Maintenance Code for Memphis
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…
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Amended NPA Is A Game-Changer In Reclaiming Vacant Structures
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW CORNER By Steve Barlow & Danny Schaffzin In 2018, the Tennessee Legislature passed amendments to the Tennessee Neighborhood Preservation Act (NPA), found…
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