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Staff: tax certificate or title search commonly triggers notice of CDBG lien; vacant CDBG homes can sit for years
Summary
Staff said many CDBG-assisted houses can remain vacant for years until a title search, sale or tax certificate triggers notice of the recorded lien; once triggered the matter comes before the board and funds may be recaptured to the state program referenced as CDEQ in the transcript.
Staff described how a CDBG-assisted home can remain in the program lien for years without detection until a triggering event—typically a title search, sale or tax certificate—reveals the recorded lien. The staff member said, "As soon as they got that tax certificate, it... it, triggered," and that such triggers bring the matter to staff attention and often before the board.
The staff member said recaptured proceeds from a forced payback would go to the state program (referred to in the transcript as the "CDEQ program in Tallahassee"). Committee members noted enforcement is largely reactive and depends on probate or title activity to surface the property; the board retains discretion to consider waivers or require repayment in each case.
