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

Land Banks and Conservatorship: Connecticut’s New Tools to Stabilize Neighborhoods October 30, 2019 Laura Settlemyer Director of Blight & Housing Code Enforcement City of Hartford (860) 757-9072 Laura.Settlemyer@Hartford.gov

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

Notice of Inspection Violation & Order to Correct Citation Inspection (Fines) Abatement Hearing Inspection Officer Hartford Code Enforcement Lien Process (Adopted March 2017)

The Hartford Land Bank A tool for local Board of government and the Directors community to convert vacant, abandoned, ✓ Melvyn Colon , and foreclosed Southside Institutions properties into Neighborhood Alliance productive use. ✓ Laura Settlemyer , City of Hartford (Blight Remediation) ✓ Karraine Moody , Hartford Habitat for Humanity ✓ Rex Fowler , Hartford Community Loan Fund $5 Million ✓ Aimee Chambers , City of Hartford (Planning) Grant ✓ Jim Horan, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Property Conditions Survey

Property Conditions Survey

Thank You! Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey* ± Rep. Matthew Ritter Sen. Stephen Cassano Donna Hamzy Carroccia Franklin Perry Rep. Julio Concepcion* Sen. Martin Looney Daniel Lauer Rep. Geraldo Reyes* ± Carol O’Donnell Rep. T ami Zawistowski* Sen. Robert Duff 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 Sen. Joan Hartley* ± Rep. Anthony D’Amelio * Rep. John Frey* 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 Sen. Saud Anwar ± Rep. Douglas Dubitsky Governor Ned Lamont Karraine Moody Rep. Jane Garibay ± Sen. Norman Needleman ± Donna & Thomas Swarr Rep. Patricia Billie Miller ± Sen. Alexandra Bergstein ± Mayor Luke Bronin Mike Looney Rep. Susan Johnson ± Mayor Neil O’Leary Sen. Heather Somers* Melvyn Colón Rep. Juan Candelaria ± Sen. Carlo Leone ± Honorable James Abrams 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 owns (COST) CT Trust for Historic Preservation Hartford Delegation Hartford Preservation Alliance Homebuilders & Remodelers Assoc’n of CT Waterbury Delegation 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)