Neighborhoods October 30, 2019 Laura Settlemyer Director of Blight - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Laura Settlemyer Director of Blight & Housing Code Enforcement City of Hartford (860) 757-9072 Laura.Settlemyer@Hartford.gov

Land Banks and Conservatorship: Connecticut’s New Tools to Stabilize Neighborhoods October 30, 2019

213 Lawrence Street

• Bank foreclosure
• Bank sold to out-of-town

“investor”

• T

axes owed to the City ($20,000)

• Numerous police calls
• Clean up by City DPW

($850)

• Board up by City BRT

($3,500)

• Fence by City BRT (costs

accruing)

• Code enforcement secured

$79,200 lien against the property

• No response from owner

CT Public Act 19-175 (HB7277)

An Act Concerning the Creation of Land Bank Authorities

➢ Similar to legislation in New York ➢ NOT mandatory ➢ Requires local ordinance ➢ Public, non-profit entity ➢ Can acquire, hold, and transfer property ➢ Holds property tax-exempt ➢ Funding mechanism: 5/50 tax recapture ➢ Does not have power of eminent domain

CT Public Act 19-175 (HB7277)

Land Banks and…

➢ NRZs (Neighborhood Revitalization Zones) ➢ Community Land Trusts ➢ Redevelopment Authorities

Inspection Notice of Violation & Order to Correct Inspection Citation (Fines) Inspection Lien Abatement

Hartford Code Enforcement Process

(Adopted March 2017)

Hearing Officer

The Hartford Land Bank

Board of Directors

✓ Melvyn Colon, Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance ✓ Laura Settlemyer, City

• f Hartford (Blight

Remediation) ✓ Karraine Moody, Hartford Habitat for Humanity ✓ Rex Fowler, Hartford Community Loan Fund ✓ Aimee Chambers, City

• f Hartford (Planning)

✓ Jim Horan, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

A tool for local government and the community to convert vacant, abandoned, and foreclosed properties into productive use.

$5 Million Grant

Property Conditions Survey

Property Conditions Survey

Thank You!

• Rep. Matthew Ritter
• Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey*±
• Sen. Stephen Cassano

Donna Hamzy Carroccia Franklin Perry

• Rep. Julio Concepcion*
• Sen. Martin Looney

Daniel Lauer

• Rep. T

ami Zawistowski*

• Rep. Geraldo Reyes*±
• Sen. Robert Duff

Carol O’Donnell

• Rep. Brandon McGee±
• Rep. Ronald Napoli*±
• Sen. Leonard Fasano

Jim Smith

• Rep. Emmett Riley
• Rep. Stephanie Cummings*
• Sen. Daniel Champagne

James Horan

• Rep. Kevin Ryan
• Rep. Mathew Blumenthal*
• Sen. Douglas McCrory

Kiley Gosselin

• Rep. Anthony D’Amelio*
• Rep. John Frey*
• Sen. Joan Hartley*±

Sean Ghio

• Rep. Irene Haines ±
• Rep. Laura Devlin*
• Sen. Gary Winfield

Rosanne Haggerty

• Rep. Hilda Santiago±
• Rep. Livvy Floren*
• Sen. Marilyn Moore

Dave Foster

• Rep. Charlie Stallworth±
• Sen. Catherine Osten±

Patrick McKenna

• Rep. Douglas Dubitsky

Governor Ned Lamont

• Sen. Saud Anwar±

Karraine Moody

• Rep. Jane Garibay±
• Sen. Norman Needleman±

Donna & Thomas Swarr

• Rep. Patricia Billie Miller±

Mayor Luke Bronin

• Sen. Alexandra Bergstein±

Mike Looney

• Rep. Susan Johnson±

Mayor Neil O’Leary

• Sen. Heather Somers*

Melvyn Colón

• Rep. Juan Candelaria±

Honorable James Abrams

• Sen. Carlo Leone±

Helene Caloir

• Rep. Fred Camillo±

CCM

• Rep. Larry Butler±

LISC CT Blight Remediation Coalition

• Rep. Henry Genga±

Harold Webster Smith Foundation

• Rep. Antonin Felipe±

Partnership for Strong Communities

• Rep. Joseph Serra*±

CT Council of Small T

• wns (COST)

CT Trust for Historic Preservation Hartford Delegation Hartford Preservation Alliance Waterbury Delegation Homebuilders & Remodelers Assoc’n of CT Bridgeport Delegation CT Chapter of the American Planning Association New Haven Delegation CT Main Street Center CT DOH & DECD Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

* Co-sponsors of HB7277, now Public Act 19-175 (Land Bank Enabling Legislation) ± Co-sponsors of SB1070, now Public Act 19-92 (Conservatorship/Receivership)