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Vendetta: Who's a Bigger Nuisance - Douglas Bruce or Denver's Property Police?
Douglas Bruce is a Denver resident who tried to make his living through buying and restoring abandoned property. However, he has run into frequent problems with the Denver police and court systems -- Westword chronicles his disputes with the courts.
Tags: real estate; absentee - landlords; slumlords; justice system
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The Florida Mile
A Washington City Paper investigation reveals that one of every six buildings along the Florida Ave. is an abandoned ruin, but "somehow the D.C. government hasn't noticed." The story finds that "District officials use the property-tax system not as a potential tool to facilitate the repair of vacant buildings, but as a club to blunt the likelihood that such properties will ever be refurbished." The reporter points to examples of misclassification of properties, which have cost the city thousands of dollars in uncollected taxes.
Tags: absentee ownership; nuisance properties; neighborhoods; Department of Housing and Community Development; taxes; condemned property; Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs