tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post2588308443514799844..comments2024-03-28T14:27:01.467-04:00Comments on MOLOVINSKY ON ALLENTOWN: Allentown's Blighted Propertiesmichael molovinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-70303275330437769052014-08-11T01:08:40.354-04:002014-08-11T01:08:40.354-04:00The blight issue is from various reasons. Slumlord...The blight issue is from various reasons. Slumlords, slum tenants, the economy, foreclosures, bank owned properties, etc.<br /><br />I never said slumlords were the only reason why we have blighted properties. They just contribute to it sometimes. We also have absentee landlords who live out of state that contribute to the blight.<br /><br />In regards to the city tagging so many properties unfit and unsafe you are correct some of it was because they were too aggressive. I know some inside information regarding that issue. From a confidential source I cannot name he has told us how the mayor actually wanted properties to become tagged and blighted so he could use it has an excuse to demolish buildings and do what he wants in certain areas.<br /><br />We also have been told that the rental inspection program the city has was working but when Ed became mayor he dismantled the program and now we have rentals going 10+ years without being inspected.<br /><br />Yes rents are going on in certain areas as you mentioned. End result is renters being kicked out and pushed in a different section or area of the city. Julian Kernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01139729599699399180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-50745758194734183722014-08-10T20:59:04.033-04:002014-08-10T20:59:04.033-04:00this post was reissued in response to a news repor...this post was <i>reissued</i> in response to a news report about julian kern and fran dougherty. kern is a local activist, who believes that allentown's problems mostly stem from "slumlords". dougherty is the city managing director, who candidly stated that many problems stem from irresponsible tenants. from my experience, dougherty is correct. nobody buys a property, hoping to develop a depreciating asset. overzealous enforcement, as described in this post, can have an unintended consequence on the housing stock. i'm sure some owners underperform, as kern states. however, the city should guard against stigmatizing the rental business, or only slumlords will remain. michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-31451632072169992162014-08-10T20:27:26.586-04:002014-08-10T20:27:26.586-04:00MM,
Yet another edited out weekend has past and I...MM,<br /><br />Yet another edited out weekend has past and I for one do not see the manna falling from the sky as predicted from the epicenter of OZ?<br />Also there are many forsale signs on properties and realators signs that have been past over by inspectors now multiple families are living in one bedroom apartments? Has the rent overpriced the occupancy in this land with the golden goose?<br /><br />redd<br />patent pedingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-67694590696014308282014-08-10T20:10:56.519-04:002014-08-10T20:10:56.519-04:00anonymous @7:51, actually, peeling paint is one o...anonymous @7:51, actually, peeling paint is one of the most common violations cited in inspections. there is only a handful of people in allentown as familiar with the rental market as i am. what are your qualifications? when this post was written in 2011, the codes were being applied in a very aggressive manner. that was the point of this post.<br />michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-21406115404878110382014-08-10T19:51:28.912-04:002014-08-10T19:51:28.912-04:00Certainly don't know the particulars but conde...Certainly don't know the particulars but condemning a property for "peeling paint" sounds hyperbolic at best.<br /><br />Would love to see any evidence of this allegation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com