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Blight Accountability

Birmingham council actions holding owners of vacant or blighted structures accountable for the condition of their property.

Volume timeline

Blight Accountability — items per month

Indexed so far 4455 items in last 78 months
Total dollars $8.9M where disclosed
Notice: Hatched months are still being indexed (27.4% of agenda items processed so far).
20 10 0 2022-01-01: 128 items, $320,293 2022-02-01: 60 items, $173,328 2022-03-01: 83 items, $75,082 2022-04-01: 66 items, $190,752 2022-05-01: 118 items, $150,742 2022-06-01: 77 items, $60,180 2022-07-01: 93 items, $256,589 2022-08-01: 53 items, $292,200 2022-09-01: 82 items, $164,512 2022-10-01: 54 items, $55,690 2022-11-01: 66 items, $189,517 2022-12-01: 25 items, $64,785 2023-01-01: 37 items, $188,291 2023-02-01: 94 items, $185,881 2023-03-01: 41 items, $133,802 2023-04-01: 92 items, $397,476 2023-05-01: not indexed yet 2023-06-01: not indexed yet 2023-07-01: not indexed yet 2023-08-01: not indexed yet 2023-09-01: not indexed yet 2023-10-01: not indexed yet 2023-11-01: not indexed yet 2023-12-01: not indexed yet 2024-01-01: 50 items, $771,986 2024-02-01: 49 items 2024-03-01: 44 items 2024-04-01: 11 items, $4,097 2024-05-01: 46 items 2024-06-01: 34 items 2024-07-01: 72 items, $184,735 2024-08-01: 61 items 2024-09-01: 70 items, $339,207 2024-10-01: 65 items, $24,883 2024-11-01: 3 items 2024-12-01: 82 items, $69,000 2025-01-01: 54 items 2025-02-01: 46 items 2025-03-01: 38 items 2025-04-01: 82 items, $233,214 2025-05-01: 44 items 2025-06-01: 36 items, $110,000 2025-07-01: 115 items, $654,669 2025-08-01: 118 items 2025-09-01: 86 items 2025-10-01: 120 items 2025-11-01: 50 items 2025-12-01: 106 items 2026-01-01: 94 items 2026-02-01: 27 items 2026-03-01: 127 items 2026-04-01: 53 items 2026-05-01: 80 items, $50,350 2026-06-01: not indexed yet 2026-07-01: not indexed yet 2026-08-01: not indexed yet 2026-09-01: not indexed yet 2026-10-01: not indexed yet 2026-11-01: not indexed yet 2026-12-01: not indexed yet 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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February 7, 2023 · Item number:Item #53 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 70 properties public nuisance for overgrown weeds

Property owners will receive notice to clear noxious weeds or face city enforcement. Helps reduce blight and safety hazards in neighborhoods with abandoned or neglected lots.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 7, 2023 · Item number:Item #17 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners may face charges to cover city costs for removing noxious weeds from their land. The specific properties and amounts are listed elsewhere on this agenda.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 7, 2023 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement on blighted properties

Properties with noxious or dangerous weeds face special assessments to recover city cleanup costs. Owners may receive bills for abatement work ordered under a 2020 council decision.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 7, 2023 · Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed on properties for weed abatement

Property owners will face a special assessment to cover the cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. Check if your address is listed to learn whether you owe a fee.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 7, 2023 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement on problem properties

Property owners will face special assessments to recover city costs for clearing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. This follows earlier council declarations that weeds posed a public health or safety hazard.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
January 24, 2023 · Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 33 properties public nuisance for noxious weeds

Property owners will be notified and ordered to remove dangerous vegetation or face city enforcement action. This clears the path for weed abatement on blighted parcels affecting neighborhood safety and appearance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $14K

Property owner billed $14,077 for unsafe building demolition

The owner of 1001 Gene Reed Road will be charged $14,077 through a special assessment to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe structure on their property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1001 Gene Reed Road, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $12K

Special assessment: $11,746 demolition cost for unsafe building at 3519 Avenue B

Property owner at 3519 Avenue B will receive a bill for $11,746 to cover the city's cost to tear down the unsafe structure. This is a lien against the property that must be paid or settled.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3519 Avenue B, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $10K

City assesses $9,711 demolition cost to 209 95th Street North

Property owner at 209 95th Street North will be billed $9,711.40 for the cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the site. The charge will be levied as a special tax assessment.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 209 95th Street North, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #38 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Property owner billed $7,366 for unsafe building demolition

The owner of 7903 6th Avenue North will be charged $7,366.28 as a special assessment to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 7903 6th Avenue North, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #33 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Demolition cost assigned to 2040 Cedar St: $5,808

Property owner at 2040 Cedar Street must pay $5,808 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The amount will be collected as a special assessment against the property.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 2040 Cedar Street, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Property owner liable for $5,220 demolition cost at 210 74th Street South

The city demolishes unsafe buildings and charges owners the cost through a special assessment. This property owner will owe $5,220.30.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 210 74th Street South, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

Special assessment: $4,362 demolition cost for 3331 Carver Ave

Property owner at 3331 Carver Avenue will be billed $4,361.76 to cover the city's cost of tearing down an unsafe building on the lot.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3331 Carver Avenue, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

City bills property owner $4,034.80 for unsafe building demolition

Property owner at 924 93rd Street North must pay the cost of demolishing an unsafe structure. The special assessment becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 924 93rd Street North, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

City demolishes unsafe building at 529 Avenue B; property owner billed $3,562

The city tore down an unsafe structure at this Pratt City address and is billing the property owner for the demolition cost. Residents in the area see a nuisance removal; the owner faces a lien if the bill isn't paid.

Counterparty: 529 Avenue B (527 5th Place) Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 529 Avenue B a.k.a. 527 5th Place, Pratt City, Birmingham
January 17, 2023 · Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: City clears nuisances, liens assessed to properties

City removes overgrown weeds and debris from blighted properties and bills owners through property liens. Costs recover cleanup expenses directly from property owners responsible for maintenance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
January 10, 2023 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

78 properties declared public nuisance for noxious weeds

City is targeting 78 properties with dangerous or noxious weeds and will post notices requiring cleanup. Property owners must remedy violations or face enforcement action.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
January 10, 2023 · Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City nuisance declaration targets 12 properties with noxious weeds

Properties declared public nuisances for overgrown weeds will face notice and enforcement action. Neighbors benefit from cleared lots that reduce blight and pest habitats.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Weed abatement
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $10K

Special assessment: $10,478 demolition cost for 515 Cambridge Street

Property owner at 515 Cambridge Street, Wylam, will be billed $10,478.06 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Counterparty: property owner at 515 Cambridge Street Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 515 Cambridge Street, Wylam, Birmingham
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $10K

Special assessment: $9,578 for demolition at 2200 Avenue G

Property owner at 2200 Avenue G must pay $9,578.40 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building on the site. This bill becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2200 Avenue G, Birmingham
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $8K

Special assessment: $8,250 for demolition at 819 18th Place SW

Property owner at 819 18th Place SW will be billed $8,250.08 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The assessment is a lien against the property until paid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 819 18th Place SW, Birmingham
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: $6,417 demolition cost for unsafe building at 819 17th Stree

Property owner at 819 17th Street, Ensley must pay $6,416.72 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe structure. The assessment becomes a lien against the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 819 17th Street, Ensley / 1700 Avenue I, Ensley, Birmingham
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,385 demolition cost at 1232 18th Way SW

Property owner at 1232 18th Way SW will be billed $5,385.04 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1232 18th Way SW, Birmingham
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #17 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special demolition assessment: $5,057 for unsafe building at 2806 Avenue G

Property owner at 2806 Avenue G faces a $5,057.40 special assessment to cover the cost of demolishing an unsafe structure. This charge becomes a lien on the property until paid.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2806 Avenue G, Birmingham
January 3, 2023 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special demolition assessment: $4,538.90 at 4611 Avenue U

Property owner at 4611 Avenue U will be charged $4,538.90 to recover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 4611 Avenue U, Birmingham
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