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Des Moines launches "deficient property" case type to intervene earlier on vacant and blighted parcels
Summary
Neighborhood Services described a new cross‑department deficient property case type intended as a precursor to public nuisance enforcement. Staff said the process gives multiple divisions more options — including property improvement, redevelopment and legal action — and allows earlier intervention in tax‑delinquent, lien‑encumbered properties.
Neighborhood Services officials described a new "deficient property" case type the city is using to intervene earlier in the lifecycle of vacant, blighted or nuisance properties.
Lisa Krebs, federal funds administrator, and Dalton Jacobus, neighborhood inspections division administrator, told the City Council the new case type is designed as a precursor to the city’s public nuisance process and creates an umbrella pathway to evaluate properties for the best available outcome. "This is really, more of a precursor to the public nuisance process," Krebs said, adding the approach brings additional divisions and tools to a single case review.
Staff described three primary response arms for…
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