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 [email protected] 213 Lawrence Street • Bank foreclosure • Bank sold to out-of-town “investor” • Taxes 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 Board of A tool for local government and the Directors community to convert vacant, abandoned, ✓ Melvyn Colon, Southside Institutions and foreclosed Neighborhood Alliance properties into ✓ Laura Settlemyer, City productive use. of Hartford (Blight Remediation) ✓ Karraine Moody, Hartford Habitat for Humanity ✓ Rex Fowler, Hartford Community Loan Fund ✓ Aimee Chambers, City $5 Million of Hartford (Planning) ✓ Jim Horan, Local Grant Initiatives Support Corporation Property Conditions Survey Property Conditions Survey Thank You! Rep. Matthew Ritter Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey*± Sen. Stephen Cassano Donna Hamzy Carroccia Franklin Perry Rep. Julio Concepcion* Sen. Martin Looney Daniel Lauer Rep. Tami Zawistowski* Rep. Geraldo Reyes*± Sen. Robert Duff Carol O’Donnell 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 Rep. Anthony D’Amelio* Rep. John Frey* Sen. Joan Hartley*± 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 Rep. Douglas Dubitsky Governor Ned Lamont Sen. Saud Anwar± Karraine Moody Rep. Jane Garibay± Sen. Norman Needleman± Donna & Thomas Swarr Rep. Patricia Billie Miller± Mayor Luke Bronin Sen. Alexandra Bergstein± Mike Looney Rep. Susan Johnson± Mayor Neil O’Leary Sen. Heather Somers* Melvyn Colón Rep. Juan Candelaria± Honorable James Abrams Sen. Carlo Leone± 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 Towns (COST) CT Trust for Historic Preservation Hartford Delegation Hartford Preservation Alliance Waterbury Delegation Homebuilders & Remodelers Assoc’n of CT 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).