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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 11099 items in last 166 months
Total dollars $18.6M where disclosed
Notice: Hatched months are still being indexed (62.6% 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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October 11, 2022 · Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment imposed on properties

City is levying a special assessment against property owners to cover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds. Property owners will receive a bill for cleanup expenses on their property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
October 4, 2022 · Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 146 properties nuisance for overgrown weeds

Owners of weed-infested properties will receive notice to clean up or face city abatement and possible liens. Addresses blight in neighborhoods across the city.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Weed abatement
September 27, 2022 · Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement liens on nuisance properties

City clears overgrown lots and assesses cleanup costs as property liens. Owners will owe the abatement bills on their tax records.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 20, 2022 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

171 properties declared public nuisance for noxious weeds

City is moving to clean up 171 properties overgrown with dangerous weeds. Notice will be posted on each property, triggering a formal nuisance-abatement process.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #59 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $18K

City charges property owner $17,516 for building demolition

Property at 2509 30th Street West is being demolished as unsafe; the owner will receive a special tax bill to recover the city's demolition costs.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2509 30th Street West, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #51 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $13K

Special assessment of $12,910 against 5507 Court I for demolition

Property owner at 5507 Court I is being billed $12,910 for the city's demolition of an unsafe building. The owner is responsible for repaying this cost through a special assessment against the property.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 5507 Court I, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #47 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $13K

Special assessment: $12,563.92 for demolition at 2016 29th Street, Ensley

Property owner will be billed for the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building at this Ensley address. The cost becomes a lien against the property unless paid.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2016 29th Street, Ensley, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #41 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $9K

Property owner billed $9,483 for demolition at 210 Graymont Ave N

Unsafe building at 210 Graymont Avenue North has been demolished; the owner is now responsible for the $9,483 cost of removal and debris cleanup.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 210 Graymont Avenue North a/k/a 206 Graymont Avenue North, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $9K

Property owner billed $9,430 for demolition of unsafe building at 214 Graymont A

The cost of demolishing an unsafe building at this address is being charged to the property owner as a special assessment. Property owners can expect similar charges if their buildings are deemed unsafe and demolished.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 214 Graymont Avenue North a/k/a 206 Graymont Avenue North, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #58 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $8K

Property owner charged $8,295 for unsafe building demolition

City demolished an unsafe structure at 2513 30th Street West and is billing the property owner for the $8,295 cost through a special assessment.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2513 30th Street West, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #60 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Demolition cost billed to Ensley property owner: $6,871.64

Property owner at 205 34th Street is being charged $6,871.64 to recover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the lot. The special assessment will be attached to the property and affect its value and future sale.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 205 34th Street Ensley, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #48 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Special assessment: $6,841 demolition cost bill sent to 111 Powell Avenue

Property owner at 111 Powell Avenue will be charged $6,841.04 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the site. The cost becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 111 Powell Avenue, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #45 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: property owner charged $6,466 for unsafe building demolition

Property owner at 6008 Court O will be assessed $6,466.40 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe structure on the site. This expense becomes a lien against the property.

Counterparty: property owner at 6008 Court O Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 6008 Court O, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #56 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: $6,266 demolition cost for unsafe building at 2202 10th Way

Property owner will be billed $6,266.40 to cover city costs for demolishing an unsafe structure in Pratt City. This amount becomes a lien against the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2202 10th Way, Pratt City, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #46 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Property owner billed $5,394 for demolition of unsafe building

Special assessment at 2200 Stouts Road charges the property owner for the city's cost to demolish an unsafe structure. The owner is responsible for repaying the demolition expense.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 2200 Stouts Road, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #52 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

City charges property owner $5,335 for demolition at 409 4th Ave W

Property owner at 409 4th Avenue West will be billed $5,334.64 for the cost of demolishing an unsafe building on their lot. The special assessment becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 409 4th Avenue West, Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #54 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

Special assessment: $4,289.80 for demolition at 2916 Avenue P.

Property owner at 2916 Avenue P. will be billed $4,289.80 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the lot.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2916 Avenue P., Birmingham
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #67 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City awards weed abatement & debris contract to Henley & Young

Henley & Young wins competitive bid to clear weeds and debris from public property for one year. Keeps neighborhoods cleaner and safer.

Counterparty: Henley & Young, Bessemer, Alabama Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement charges on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will face special assessments to cover abatement costs. The city declared these violations in 2019; this vote finalizes the charges.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessments set for blighted properties

Property owners with noxious weeds will face special tax assessments to cover abatement costs. Specific properties and amounts not listed in this agenda item.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will face special assessments to recover city weed-abatement costs. Affected properties declared noxious or dangerous under a 2019 ordinance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessments imposed on blighted properties

Property owners will face special assessments for weed removal on their lots, declared a public nuisance in 2020. The city will pursue collection to recover abatement costs.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: Special assessments on blighted properties

Property owners will face charges for city weed removal costs on their neglected land. Assessment amounts depend on work completed under the 2019 abatement order.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment approved for blighted properties

Property owners will be billed for city costs to remove noxious weeds from their land. Unpaid assessments can become tax liens.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 13, 2022 · Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Council assesses fees for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious weeds face special assessments to cover city cleanup costs. The city uses this mechanism to recover abatement expenses and incentivize owners to maintain their lots.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
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