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Board waives late fees in multiple rental registration cases, schedules homestead exemption meetings
Summary
The board waived late fees for several rental properties and instructed owners to resolve homestead-exemption paperwork; staff scheduled follow-up appointments with the law department to clarify homestead removal for rental properties.
During the May 8 meeting the Hammond Board of Public Works heard a lengthy series of rental registration appeals and administrative clarifications, waived late fees in multiple cases and set follow-up steps for homestead exemption issues.
Board staff recorded waivers of late fees for owners who had prior on-time compliance or presented mitigating circumstances. Cases granted waivers in the meeting record included a two-unit property owned by Clara Castro (5717 Bearing), three…
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