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Our latest FREE monthly LinkedIn Blight Alert!

The following was received after last month from a Councilwoman in a community of 500,000+

Michael, thank you so much for sharing these great resources. As we tackle the City of [ ]'s housing crisis, we need all the support we can get. It’s great to see what others are doing around the county and addressing idea that could work in our city. Thank you again!

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MuniReg Blight Alert - National Strategies for Combatting Blight | MuniReg From non-bank lenders to institutional investors, new players exist in the housing market. Along with a creative approach to recoup demolition costs, a new significant vacant property tax proposal and some direct, blunt and humorous comment from a Mayor, we are pleased to share our latest Blight Ale...

Not all heroes wear capes! Some sit in a Mayor's chair and make you chuckle when speaking bluntly and honestly!

Well done Mayor Mike Meintel!

"Meintel said that if his own sister is in violation of the new ordinance then he will absolutely order her to clean her property."

“I can’t make it any clearer, and it’s getting back to me that I’m going to have a lot of enemies or going to get sued. Well, you’re dealing with the wrong guy when you’re saying that. Okay, I got a real short Christmas card list,"

And, last but not least.....

"Everybody says the mayor ain’t having compassion. Bull, because you gotta give compassion to get compassion,’ he said. “Where’s the compassion for these people who’ve been living next to these crap holes for 20 years? Nobody’s apologizing to them. Nobody’s paying their taxes or anything. Where’s the compassion for them? So my compassion meter is pegged right now, it is what it is.”

As an aside, it does include a reminder that each notice costs $10

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Shadyside to impose $100-a-day fine for nuisance properties SHADYSIDE – Mayor Mike Meintel informed residents during Monday’s council meeting that the nuisance property ordinance that was recently passed will go into effect on Friday. “​​I hope people know how serious we are about cleaning up this town. I mean, I can’t make it any clearer,” Mei...