Archives For: Blight Fight
City Leaders Discuss Plans to Expand Affordable Housing
City leaders in Columbia, SC are planning to build on existing resources to provide new affordable housing.
15 Feb 2023
Mason City Approves Vacant Building Registration in Effort to Combat Blight
The Mason City Council has approved a new ordinance requiring the registration of vacant commercial properties.
14 Feb 2023
Baltimore City Council Considering Fees for Vacant Property Owners Who Receive 311 Requests
Baltimore City Council is considering establishing fees for vacant property owners who receive 311 requests against their properties.
7 Feb 2023
‘The Wreckage of Decades’: The Fight to Fix Nearly 1K Vacant Properties in Albany
The city of Albany and the Albany County Land Bank are working together to address vacant, blighted properties through both renovation and demolition.
28 Jan 2023
Washington to Begin Enforcing Blight-Related Ordinances
Three ordinances designed to combat blight in the city of Washington, PA can now be enforced, including a newly established abandoned residential/commercial property regulation program.
4 Jan 2023
Proposed Bill Aimed to Fight Blight Paused after Concerns about Execution
Baltimore city leaders are working on a bill that would fine vacant property owners for every emergency at their property after the first in a year’s span.
11 Oct 2022
New Leader of Blight Authority of Memphis Excited for Revitalization
The new executive director of the Blight Authority of Memphis has a new vision for tackling the decades old blight fight throughout the city.
10 Aug 2022
The Blight Fight
Safeguard’s Alan Jaffa and Michael Halpern were quoted in the June edition of HousingWire Magazine discussing the fight against blight.
4 Jun 2012