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Daniel Traub, "Lots" (Print Center 2010-11)
Reform as balancing act: Crafting Phila’s new land
bank and demo regulations
Jennifer Kates, Esq.Office of Councilwoman María Quiñones Sánchez
7th District, Philadelphia
Reforming
our approach
to codeenforcment
Interconnected problems-- Many thousands of properties
abandoned, dragged down with aged debt and "tangled" title
-- A tax and lien foreclosure system not structured or incentivized to support redevelopment goals-- Code enforcement historically reactive, not strategic-- Related functions in different “silos”
Code enforcement: problem
-- Systems designed to react to complaints
-- Poor data, anachronistic technology
-- Unwillingness to admit unaddressed need
-- Legacy of “NTI”, mid-2000s demo program
Demolition crisisD
June, 2013 building collapse at 22nd and Market
Demolition reform-- Executive order and new
departmental regulations
-- Special investigatory committee convened by City Council, 80+ page report issued, legislation adopted
-- Mayoral Blue Ribbon Commission in process
Towards more systemic reform?
-- New computer system being commissioned, will integrate with Revenue’s
-- Pending recommendations for structural changes, new funding
-- But strategic enforcement programs in flux
-- Need a comprehensive strategy, and large-scale funding
"The Land Bank will help eliminate blight, stabilize our neighborhoods, and put vacant property back on the tax rolls."- Councilwoman María Quiñones Sánchez
Reforming our approach to vacant land
Vacant land: problem-- Poor data
-- No system for acquisitions
-- Code enforcement, lien collection/foreclosure segregated from redevelopment agencies
-- Narrow focus on housing as highest & best use
Land Bank reform
-- Land Bank legislation adopted in December 2013
-- Will be funded for FY15, operational by 2015
-- One agency, one inventory, one set of rules
Breaking the acquisition deadlock-- Tax/lien foreclosure decisions will be
based on redevelopment goals in addition to revenue generation
-- Power to clear and abate City liens allows "donor-taker" transfers that restore properties to productive use
-- Land Bank sales will fund more acquisition and maintenance
Transparency is key
-- Real time online inventory and tracking tools; Automated notice to interested parties
-- Published policies, developed through a biannual formal process with public comment
-- Detailed reporting of transfers and terms
Towards a more systemic reform?
-- Central role for market analysis and planning
-- Acquisition tool works for low-value areas “left behind” by traditional enforcement
-- Pricing based on market-appropriate valuation methods, flexibility to make development feasible and for range of community-beneficial uses
Let this image become an artifact of a past era
[email protected] 215-686-3448