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Council adopts limited lien‑forgiveness program to spur repair of blighted properties
Summary
City council unanimously adopted a limited‑duration lien‑forgiveness program that lets property owners (or buyers) enter agreements to remediate property‑maintenance code violations and have related civil penalties and liens cleared, provided abatement is completed by a specified deadline.
The Salem City Council on Oct. 27 unanimously adopted Resolution 2025‑25 establishing a limited‑duration lien‑forgiveness program intended to accelerate the cleanup and rehabilitation of properties with long‑standing code‑enforcement liens.
Compliance Services Manager Mitch Nichols told council that the city’s lien docket contained hundreds of enforcement entries — multiple liens can exist on a single property — which in…
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