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Cleveland officials say 432 housing-court prosecutions last year as council seeks receivership funding
Summary
At the law department budget hearing, officials said the department prosecuted 432 first-degree misdemeanor housing complaints in 2025 and maintains seven prosecutors assigned to housing enforcement; council members pushed for more aggressive use of receivership and funding to recover neglected properties.
City officials told council on Feb. 26 that housing and code enforcement remain a central challenge and that the law department is using a mix of civil tickets, violation notices and criminal prosecutions to pursue noncompliant owners.
Dave Roberts, chief of code enforcement, said the department handled 432 criminal complaints in housing court in 2025 relating to failure to comply with building and housing orders. "That's our bread and butter," he said, describing the first-degree misdemeanors that most frequently reach housing court.…
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