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Jamestown housing committee details code-enforcement backlog, heirs'property and auction limits
Summary
The Jamestown housing committee reported a large backlog of code-enforcement cases, complications from heirs' properties and limits on reclaiming properties after tax auctions, and discussed new ticketing and rental-registration efforts.
The Jamestown housing committee on Wednesday described a backlog of housing code cases, challenges prosecuting violations after ownership changes and ongoing work to identify rental-property owners.
Committee chair Billy, a council member, told other council members he had circulated a constituent letter summarizing longstanding housing complaints and urged coordinated contact with state legislators. "I just thought I'd share that with you so that if we ever had an opportunity to, let our legislative officials know how serious and how far reaching some of these problems are," he said.
The committee discussed several recurring obstacles in pursuing property-maintenance…
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