My colleagues have posted on the mechanics of nuisance abatement and demolitions of substandard housing.
I’ve described the legal requirements of tax foreclosures in past blog posts and bulletins, focusing in particular on the priority of competing liens. The clean-up costs become liens on the properties that compete with property tax liens if the properties are sold at foreclosure. The properties become dangerous eyesores, forcing local governments to mow the weeds, demolish substandard housing, and remove the trash. Weeds grow chest-high, houses slowly crumble, and neighbors begin to use the lots as informal trash dumps.
When property owners stop paying their property taxes, it’s a good bet that they’ve been ignoring other obligations concerning those properties as well.
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