Cleveland has issued more than 9,000 tickets and $1.7 million worth of fines to those who flout the city’s housing code.

On a warm Monday morning in May, two Columbus code inspectors carefully entered the Northeast Side apartment of Aydarus Farah. Their shoes squished as they stepped in. Both the main floor and the ...

One would think that holding property owners accountable for the state of their buildings would be considered “the low hanging fruit” when figuring out ways to turn neighborhoods around. But for far ...

A leveled property at the intersection of Hazzard and Partridge streets in Jamestown is pictured Thursday. A city resident questioned the lack of remediation in the last year. P-J photo by Eric Tichy ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Johnstown City Council has launched a “full-court press” against property owners who are in violation of city codes, council members said. The new effort to hit property owners with ...