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Senate housing committee backs measures letting DFS step in when localities don’t enforce maintenance on foreclosed properties
Summary
The committee advanced S.2117 and S.2122 to authorize the Department of Financial Services to pursue violations and civil penalties for certain foreclosed residential properties when local governments decline enforcement; members debated local-state coordination and resource constraints.
The Senate Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development reported two related bills — S.2117 and S.2122 — that would clarify and extend the Department of Financial Services' (DFS) authority to enforce maintenance obligations on certain foreclosed residential properties.
State Senator Brian Kalama described the bills as amendments to Article 13 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law that would allow DFS to inquire whether a municipality intends to enforce local fire, building or safety code violations for foreclosed properties. If the municipality declines, the…
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