Jul 28

ACLU Wins Permanent Injunction Against Rental/Immigration Ordinance

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In a careful opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Jane J. Boyle determined that Ordinance 2952 was preempted by federal law. The Court resoundingly rejected the City's claim that it had the authority to regulate the residence of noncitizens within its borders. Noting that the City Building Inspector would be charged with interpreting and applying immigration information to prospective tenants, the court concluded that Ordinance 2952 “is an invalid regulation of immigration” and that the “Ordinance stands as an obstacle to the uniform application of federal immigration law[.]”

via MALDEF

Jul 27

Landlords need to clean flooded homes, city says

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City of Milwaukee officials warned Tuesday that landlords need to dig in and clean up their rental units that were damaged in Thursday’s flood.

The Department of Neighborhood Services received more than 100 calls Tuesday. Perhaps three-quarters of them were from tenants, complaining from obvious flood damage such as a sewage smell in their basements, plaster falling from their walls or curling on their wall panels.

via - JSOnline.

Jul 09

Torn Down Instead Of Rehabbed – $300k in fines

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[T]he federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program pays governments to rehab and re-sell foreclosures, but in Holden Heights on Wednesday Orange County knocked down an abandoned property and is leaving behind an empty lot.

The property on 41st Street in Orange County has racked up $300,000 in code enforcement fines since November 2009

via WFTV.

Jun 18

Smoke detector failed to operate, claim alleges

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A Cook County couple say they were severely burned after a BRK Brands smoke detector failed to work.

via Courthouse News Service.

May 23

Owner Gets $200G Judgment Due To Vindictive Inspector

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The jury found that Layne retaliated against Kern by denying a certificate of occupancy in 2006 for a house she and her husband had been trying to sell on East Valley Road. Kern had been critical of Layne’s work as building inspector.

via Rockland.

May 12

Dance Hall Owners: Code Enforcement Racially Biased

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Owners said they believe licenses and permits are denied and citations are given to keep clubs that cater to blacks out of business.

via WRTV Indianapolis.

May 12

Racial discrimination through code enforcement

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I am starting to lose count of these federal lawsuits against St Paul’s building inspectors.  The basis for most is an alleged pattern and practice of the city using code enforcement to affect a discriminatory agenda to drive minorities and the poor from their community.

via A DEMOCRACY TOWN HALL

May 09

Building inspector indicted in “nation’s biggest” mortgage fraud case cleveland.com

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A Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority inspector and other new defendants have been added to what Cuyahoga County prosecutors bill as the nations biggest mortgage fraud cases.

via cleveland.com.

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