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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The Second Chance Market: How A Once Start-Up Receivership Program is Helping Rebuild the City of Baltimore
By Fadi Assaf In a crowded room at a Radisson Inn in North Baltimore, an auctioneer stands in front of a podium and waits for…
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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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Top 10 Code Violators Map | EXPLAINED
WHOThe Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team is comprised of 30+ non-profits, governmental, and private organizations committed to eliminating the high concentration of blighted properties in…
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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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