http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/#comment-1818 DC Metrocentric » Vacant Property Tax Problems Fri, 23 May 2008 15:45:51 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/#comment-1818 [...] looks like the new DC legislation we mentioned last month that was designed to significantly raise the costs of keeping abandoned run down properties in the [...] […] looks like the new DC legislation we mentioned last month that was designed to significantly raise the costs of keeping abandoned run down properties in the […]

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/#comment-1360 MightyMe Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:43:03 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/#comment-1360 Thank God! Even though I'm mad at the OTR and DCRA for listing my inhabited home as vacant, I am happy that they might be getting more strict. I hope this forces the few houses on my bloc (owned mostly by one person) to fix them up or sell. What I don't get is how these houses, which look neglected, were able to get away with being listed as residential, while my obviously well-kept, lived in home was slapped with the hideous tax bill. Crazy. Thank God! Even though I’m mad at the OTR and DCRA for listing my inhabited home as vacant, I am happy that they might be getting more strict. I hope this forces the few houses on my bloc (owned mostly by one person) to fix them up or sell. What I don’t get is how these houses, which look neglected, were able to get away with being listed as residential, while my obviously well-kept, lived in home was slapped with the hideous tax bill. Crazy.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/#comment-1352 Steven Sorrel Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:33:27 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2008/04/14/boarded-up-buildings-no-more/#comment-1352 I wonder how many "vacant" buildings will just be abandoned by the owners not wanting to pay the higher taxes, the city might be overwhelmed. I wonder how many “vacant” buildings will just be abandoned by the owners not wanting to pay the higher taxes, the city might be overwhelmed.

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