BlightStat April 12, 2012

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Reporting Period: March, 2012

Office of Performance & Accountability

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BlightSTAT March, 2012

Agenda 8:00-8:30 Inspections

8:30-9:00 Hearings

9:00-9:20 Abatement

9:20-9:40 Code Lien Foreclosures

9:40-10:00 Reinvestment

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INSPECTIONS


227

134

177

235

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0 100 200 300 400

Initial Inspection

Posting of Hearing

Posting of Judgment

Reinspection

Mar

Inspection Findings

Violation No Work in Progress

Violation WIP

Occupied; Change of Owner; Address Not Found

Road Home

Abated / In Compliance

184 254 239 258 291

382

146 214 166

168

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61

64 172

207

313

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298

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Posting of Judgment

Posting of Hearing

Initial Inspection

Inspections by Type and Result

Source: Code Enforcement, Inspections Completed by

Inspector Report – Accela Systems 4

910 715 830 894 968


Timeliness of Inspections Target is to complete initial inspections within 30 days of scheduled date

Source: Code Enforcement, Inspections Scheduled and

Completed by Inspector Reports – Accela Systems 5

(150) (125)

(74) (82) (125)

92 78 85 48 62

24 53 73

68 38

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64 72

283 278 275 262 297

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Majority of Open Complaint Inspections Exceed Target

Over 90 days

61-90 days

31-60 days

0-30 days

Total Complaints Open

(60) (83) (75) (81)

(147)

12

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21 23 15 1

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8 18 29

78 162 126 145 200

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Over 90 days

61-90 days

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Inspections Trend - 2012

Inspections Trend 2011-2012


Completed Inspection Results March, 2012

Source: Code Enforcement, Inspections Completed by

Inspector Report – Accela Systems


HEARINGS


23%

40%

32% 29% 31%

37%

30% 36%

32%

13%

13%

20% 23%

12%

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15% 8%

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Complied

Resets: WIP or ConditionalGuilty

Dismissed; Owner Legal Issue;State Program Delay

Reset: No Reinspection

Guilty


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195 194 177 131

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Reset: Work IN Progress; Conditional Guilty

Wrong Location; Wrong Owner; State ProgramDelay; Owner Legal Issue

Reset: Not Reinspected - Reset: Not Reinspected

Guilty

Source: Hearings Bureau, compiled Hearing Docket Report

Current Status of Properties in Adjudication Grouped by month of Initial Inspection (does not show properties pending adjudication)

Require additional

hearing

Final outcomes


ABATEMENT


Demolitions by Program

Source: Demolitions reported by Program (Contractor):

FEMA (SAIC), SDER (DRC), NORA (CDM), IDC (Durr), 12

7 3 31 33

7 18 29 15 17 10 34 23 15

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150 73

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Demolished Units by Month and Program FEMA - Units

NORA - Units

SDER - Units

IDC - Units

99 245

427 499 596

888

1189

1473 1652

1826 1958 2026

2211 2302 2453

2728 2833 2977

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NORA - Units

SDER - Units

IDC - Units

Units - Cumulative All


Demolitions by Program February 2012

Source: Demolitions reported by Program (Contractor):

FEMA (SAIC), SDER (DRC), NORA (CDM), IDC (Durr),

BlightSTAT March, 2012 Source: Demolitions in progress report: FEMA (SAIC) 14

March 2012Phase Feb Mar Properties Change

01 | LLT/NORA 58 59 +1 s Transferring from LLT to NORA ownership s FEMA program can demo after transfer with City approval

02 | Sheriff Sale 40 19 -21s Processing for Sheriff sale

s Reviewing properties to determine best disposition

s Unsold properties can go to demolition

s Highly damaged properties may be demolished and sold

03 | Inspection 97 84 -13 s Does not have a future hearing date set s Non-adjudicated and awaiting inspection and hearing

04 | Hearing 56 47 -9 s Has an initial or reset hearing date in the future s Awaiting judgment

05 | Noticing 19 28 +9s Newly adjudicated

s In process of notice of judgment and intent to demolishs Homeowner appeal period

06 | Local Historic 16 9 -7 s Adjudicated and waiting historic committee meeting s NCDC, HDLC, or City Council decision

07 | Legal Review 40 22 -18 s Adjudicated and waiting Law Department review s Ensuring proper notice of hearing, judgment, & intent

08 | Salvage 20 13 -7 s FEMA Historic Preservation determined for Salvage s Permitting and selective salvage come before ACM testing

09 | ACM Test 14 15 +1 s For non-salvage properties testing precedes permitting s Awaiting testing or test results

10 | Permit 6 11 +5 s Ready to be permitted for demolition s Awaiting application, payment, or delivery of permit

11 | Transmit 26 32 +6s Transmitted or ready to transmit to demolition

contractor

s May be waiting for utilities disconnects

s Awaiting abatement (when required) and demolition

12 | Demolished 134 164 +30 s Property has passed all preliminary checks s Demolition is underway or completed

13 | Indefinite Hold 72 63 -9s May not reach final disposition under FEMA program

s NCDC/HDLC Denials

s State funding programs

s Official City or State requests to place on hold

14 | In Compliance 322 355 +33s Homeowner has brought property into compliance

s Includes properties demolished by owners Public nuisance and blight remediated

Description

New Orleans FEMA Demolitions

30 Demolitions / 69 UnitsChange in March: 33 to Compliance / 15 Salvaged


Lot Clearings through Interim Nuisance Abatement Program (INAP)

– February, 2012 with historic context

Source: INAP Interventions reported by Code

Enforcement, INAP Manager on behalf of contractor


CODE LIEN FORECLOSURES


57 63 50

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January February March

50 of 65 Files Accepted for Foreclosure proceedings during period

Sold to NORA or Road Home

Demolitions

In Compliance / Occupied

Noticing Issue

Liens cancelled/rescinded

Involved in Bankruptcy Proceedings

Homestead Exemption

Bank Writ Predates Judgment

Files Accepted

Target: 63

files

accepted

per month

Source: Law Department, Housing Unit 17


Upcoming Sheriff Sales (April & May)

New Writs Filed (March)

Source: Law Department, Housing Unit


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Outcomes of 36 Properties Scheduled for Sheriff's Sale in March

Property Sold

No Bid, First Sale

No Bid, Second Sale

Service/Notice Issues

Curator Issues

Court Related Stop

Holds

Lien Paid

Included in Sale



Results from Code Lien Foreclosure sales Properties sold and liens paid (March, 2012)



Cumulative Results from Code Lien Foreclosure process (Sept, 2011 – March, 2012)


BlightSTAT March, 2012 Source: Law Department, Housing Unit 22

$12,027 $15,575 $29,704

$161,500

$51,243 $58,504 $87,330

$58,412

$112,918 $82,199

$36,422 $43,461

$110,773

$5,000

$16,497

$111,872

$46,448 $3,605

$26,894

$61,079

$3,773

$72,700

$39,553

$19,898

$23,581

$39,062

$93,354

$4,530

$28,304

$37,428

$114,133

$136,511

$13,387

$41,401

$12,029 $24,349

$46,209

$346,079

$137,247

$62,114

$87,353

$105,224

$235,037 $235,394

$266,287

$61,378

$180,478

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$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$300,000

$350,000

$400,000

Proceeds from Sales Amount of Liens Collected from Sale

Taxes Collected from Sale

Proceeds from Sales (mix of taxes and liens)

Amount of Liens Collected- No Sale

2011 Total Collected


REINVESTMENT


Auction, 28

RFP, 2

LND, 42

Property Sales: March 2012 (72)

NORA/LLT Inventory Disposition

Source: NORA, April 5th 2012

Inventory, 2319, 74%

Pending Sale, 833, 26%

Inventory Status as of March 31, 2012 (3,152)

Auction, 265, 14% Grant Programs,

68, 4%

Land Swap, 46, 2%

Lot Next Door, 906, 48%

Neighborhood Initiated

Dispositions, 67, 4%

Neighborhood-based sale, 262,

13%

Request For Proposals, 272,

14%

Properties Previously Sold to March 2012 (1,886)


Disposition plan of State-owned

properties in Orleans Parish

* Property dispositions include auctions, development agreements,

and transfers to NORA.

Source: NORA 25

Per Period Cumulative

Reporting Period Actual Goal Actuals Goals

February 2012 541 500 541 498

March 2012 70 500 611 1000

April 2012 - 500 - 1500

May 2012 - 2133 - 3633


Office of Community Development Development Unit Status (no change)

Source: Office of Community Development (OCD) 26

Total Under Contract

Units in Pre-Development

Units Under Development

Units Completed 2012

Units Completed 2010-2011

Rental Housing Program

404 108 295 1 1,018 The Rental Housing Program provides affordable rental housing for low-moderate income families. Funds are provided to Not-For Profit and For-Profit Housing Development Organizations for the acquisition, rehabilitation, new construction and soft development cost associated with developing affordable rental housing.

Homeownership Development Program

159 99 40 20 50

This program provides homeownership opportunities by developing properties through acquisition, rehabilitation or new construction of homes that will be sold to low-income families. Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Housing Development Organizations can apply for HOME funds to subsidize the cost of construction, land acquisition and down payment assistance that will produce a code compliant home.

Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program

299 29 122 148 221

The Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program provides financial assistance to low-income homeowners to enable them to bring their residences into compliance with the Federal Government’s Housing Quality Standards and the International Residential Code adopted by the City of New Orleans. The program is administered by Not-For-Profit Housing Organizations and In-House OCD staff.


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