tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post3522721853397621246..comments2024-02-14T16:54:15.327-05:00Comments on PLAINFIELD TODAY: Registry of vacant and abandoned homes for Plainfield?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867186465663386310noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-78915041412341724312014-08-04T16:25:40.452-04:002014-08-04T16:25:40.452-04:00Dan,
Plenty more can be done in Plainfield. Duri...Dan, <br />Plenty more can be done in Plainfield. During the previous Administration, Plainfield was invited and participated in a 'Community Leadership Institute' to train cities on how to deal with abandoned/problem properties. See -<br />http://www.hcdnnj.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=616%3Acities-devise-solutions-for-abandoned-property-reuse&Itemid=147<br />Plainfield representatives who attended the training were: Oscar Turk (now retired), Audrey Counts (now Director of Inspections), Louis Hurd, and myself. As you note, many other cities and towns are taking aggressive action. New Jersey’s Abandoned Property Rehabilitation Act (APRA), enacted in early 2004, gave municipalities new powers for dealing with abandoned properties, including “spot blight” eminent domain power for an individual building, accelerated foreclosure of tax liens and the ability to become an “entity in possession” of an abandoned property. Many towns and cities in New Jersey (such as Jersey City) started using aggressive strategies to deal with their problem properties, and passage of the state’s pioneering creditor responsibility law in 2010 gave them additional tools. The issue of abandoned properties has since taken on greater urgency in the context of the foreclosure crisis precipitated by the 2008 collapse of the housing market.<br />In other words, to your question - where there is a will, there is a way. Registry is certainly possible if there's exists the will.revjermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10334813118751501099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-15791648253227378952014-08-03T08:16:05.434-04:002014-08-03T08:16:05.434-04:00All that does is create a nice easy lost of which ...All that does is create a nice easy lost of which homes to break into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-25843705958128593962014-07-31T09:40:25.412-04:002014-07-31T09:40:25.412-04:00This week the brick and wood sided ranch house on ...This week the brick and wood sided ranch house on Chetwynd Avenue got a stucco exterior. Work trucks are there on a daily basis now.<br />I wonder why the neighbors across from the abandoned house on the North West corner of Prospect at Woodland allow the house to have long grass?<br />If just a few people would step up and become involved to enforce codes, we'd have a much better looking neighborhood. I cannot do it full time! It effects all our property values!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-11130663279445187732014-07-30T09:39:19.047-04:002014-07-30T09:39:19.047-04:00Aren't there ordinances on the books already t...Aren't there ordinances on the books already that address this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-32596377899521860542014-07-28T21:34:15.578-04:002014-07-28T21:34:15.578-04:00By allowing public access to the list, you also al...By allowing public access to the list, you also allow that list to be viewed by vandals and metal scrappers. These people have done a lot of damage to some of the homes in my neighborhood. 'Just saying "Be careful."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-8372638523750596292014-07-28T21:27:22.283-04:002014-07-28T21:27:22.283-04:00By posting this list to the public,
you would also...By posting this list to the public,<br />you would also be giving this information to vandals and metal scrappers. I have seen what they do in my neighborhood alone. Something to think about...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-86986362485588313342014-07-28T20:13:41.149-04:002014-07-28T20:13:41.149-04:00Yes, I agree that we need to do
this as concerned ...Yes, I agree that we need to do<br />this as concerned citizens. I<br />have a house on my street that has<br />been abandoned for over 5 years.<br />How can we make the owner take<br />responsibility? The paint on the house is peeling, the front door is off its hinges, trash indoors, screens fallen off the windows, etc. It is a bad eye score on<br />Norwood Avenue. The house is 41 Norwood Avenue (Black and white).<br />My name is Geraldine Agurs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-50036290749499297412014-07-28T18:22:09.111-04:002014-07-28T18:22:09.111-04:00Drive by 1401 chetwynd now. They just covered up t...Drive by 1401 chetwynd now. They just covered up the old brickRonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-24735708833121222162014-07-28T14:55:50.729-04:002014-07-28T14:55:50.729-04:00If the property taxes and PMUA bill were not so hi...If the property taxes and PMUA bill were not so high we would be able to keep our homes in Plainfield !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-73408986901574376072014-07-28T14:53:55.100-04:002014-07-28T14:53:55.100-04:00The people will not pay $1,000 maybe $100.00. If y...The people will not pay $1,000 maybe $100.00. If you can not pay a mortgage how are they going to pay a fee? The banks name does not come to the tax office until after the sheriff's sale. The banks need to work with local real estate offices to help maintain the properties and not just one out of state. This would solve a lot of the problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-35747115006166546102014-07-28T14:33:05.852-04:002014-07-28T14:33:05.852-04:00Municipalities should enforce property maintenance...Municipalities should enforce property maintenance codes with appropriate fines, as the law now permits, and not create additional bureaucracy and revenue source. Will an extra fee accomplish something maintenance codes can't? Besides, an "abandoned" house is still assessed property taxes, so it pays its way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909246571366789334.post-16622073018506556922014-07-28T11:21:53.580-04:002014-07-28T11:21:53.580-04:00You should visit Belvidere Ave. The house went on...You should visit Belvidere Ave. The house went on fire 1 year ago and it stands "as is".<br />Plus 2 other abandoned properties all within a 2 block radius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com