neighborhood vacancy initiative: the first ten months by
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Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative: The First Ten Months By The Numbers
by Peter Hoffman, Staff Attorney
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OrganizationalAssistance:Assistcommunitygroups(neighborhoodassociationsandsmallcommunitydevelopmentorganizations)withlegalorganization(incorporation,taxexemption,bylaws,etc.).VacancyPreventionandTitleClearance.Helplow-incomeresidentswithtitleissues/assisthomeownerspreventvacancy&protectfamilywealththroughtransferondeathdeeds.ProblemPropertyLitigation.Filelawsuitsonbehalfofcommunitygroupstocompeltheownersofvacant,run-downpropertiestosell,repair,orgainlegalcontrolofthepropertysorepairscanbemade.
NVI: Case Types
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ServingOrganizationalNeedsofNonprofitsOperatingin8Neighborhoods.WestEnd,KingswayWest,LewisPlace,MarineVilla,MarkTwain,NorthPointe,BadenandJeffVanderLou.ProBonoPartners.SaintLouisUniversitySchoolofLaw’sEntrepreneurshipandCommunityDevelopmentClinic,TheCommunityAssociationLawyers,andLashly&Baer,P.C.,
Organizational Assistance
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47IndividualClients.
21Neighborhoods.Academy,Baden,BevoMill,Carondelet,CollegeHill,Dutchtown,GreaterVille,HollyHills,HydePark,JeffVanderlou,KingswayEast,MarineVilla,NorthPointe,PrincetonHeights,South
Hampton,SouthwestGarden,St.LouisPlace,TowerGroveEast,Vandeventer,WalnutParkEast,WestEnd.
14Wards.Wards3,4,8,11,12,13,14,16,18,20,21,25,26,27.
4BeneficiaryDeedClinics.HydePark,Dutchtown/MarineVilla,WestEnd,BevoMill.
ProBonoPartners.TrueTitle,Banjak&Associates,StinsonLeonardStreet,ThompsonCoburnLLP,theBarAssociationofMetropolitanSt.Louis(BAMSL)
NEIGHBORHOODPARTNERSNEEDEDFOR
THREEBENEFICIARYDEEDCLINICSIN2019(MAY,JULY,SEPTEMBER)!
Vacancy Prevention and Title Clearance
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20ProblemPropertyCases(Addresses)Opened.OnBehalfof6DifferentNeighborhoods.8LawsuitsFiledonBehalfofFourNeighborhoods.• 5Donations(CompletedorPending).
• 2DefaultSettings.
• 1PropertyVoluntarilyRehabbedbyOwner.
QUALITYREHABPARTNERSNEEDED!
Problem Property Litigation
314.256.8744800.444.0514 x [email protected]
Main Office!4232 Forest Park Ave.!St. Louis, MO 63108!
Family Court Program!105 South Central Ave., Suite 555!Clayton, MO 63105!
Hannibal Office!801 Broadway!PO Box 1276!Hannibal, MO 63401!
Union Office!20 South Church St., Suite C!Union, MO 63084!
OtherStatistics:• 75TotalCases• Over1100HoursofProBono&
StudentInvolvement• Over150CommunityOutreach
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Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative