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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 4738 items in last 80 months
Total dollars $9.0M where disclosed
Notice: Hatched months are still being indexed (29.1% 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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January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $12K

Demolition cost assessment: $11,561 charged to 509-59th Street

Property owner at 509-59th Street South will be assessed $11,561.44 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on their lot.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 509 - 59th Street South, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

City assesses $7,198 demolition cost to Ensley property owner

Property owner at 3507 Avenue B will be charged $7,198.22 to recover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building. The cost becomes a lien on the property until paid.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 3507 Avenue B Ensley, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Demolition cost billed to property owner at 360 Court F: $5,704

City demolished an unsafe building at 360 Court F and is charging the property owner $5,704 for the work. Special assessments like this are added to the property tax bill until paid.

Counterparty: property owner at 360 Court F Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 360 Court F, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,083 demolition cost at 804 45th St, Ensley

Property owner at 804 45th Street, Ensley will be charged $5,083.28 to recover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 804 - 45th Street Ensley, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: demolition cost ($4,750.92) charged to Ensley property

The owner of 3501 Avenue B is being billed for the city's demolition of an unsafe building on their property. The $4,750.92 assessment will be charged against the parcel.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 3501 Avenue B Ensley, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $4,641 demolition cost at 528 Cambridge Street

Property owner at 528 Cambridge Street in Wylam will be charged $4,641 to recover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 528 Cambridge Street Wylam, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #38 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

Special assessment: $4,478.92 charged to 3211 Avenue C for demolition

Property owner at 3211 Avenue C will be assessed $4,478.92 to cover city costs of demolishing the unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien against the property until paid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 3211 Avenue C, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #37 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

Special assessment: $3,013.76 for demolition at 407 4th Street Thomas

Property owner at 407 4th Street Thomas will be charged $3,013.76 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 407 - 4th Street Thomas, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #17 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City to demolish unsafe building at 1000 9th Street West

Condemned building at 1000–1004 9th Street West will be torn down. Removal of unsafe structures improves neighborhood safety and reduces blight.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 1000 9th Street West aka 1004 9th Street West, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of building at 804 McCary Street as unsafe nuisance

Unsafe building at 804 McCary Street will be demolished to remove a public safety hazard from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 804 McCary Street, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Ensley: unsafe building at 819–17th St ordered demolished

Property at 819–17th Street in Ensley has been declared unsafe and a public nuisance; the city will demolish it to reduce blight and safety hazards in the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 819 - 17th Street aka 1700 Avenue I Ensley, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #33 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special demolition assessment: $3,463 against 1116 5th Place

Property owner at 1116 5th Place must pay $3,463 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Counterparty: property owner at 1116 - 5th Place, Birmingham Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1116 - 5th Place, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City moves to demolish unsafe building at 8134 4th Avenue South

Building declared unsafe and a public nuisance will be torn down, removing a hazard from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 8134 4th Avenue South, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 18-3rd St South ordered demolished

Property declared a public nuisance and safety hazard; city will demolish the structure. Removes blight from the neighborhood.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 18 - 3rd Street South, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 1520 Pleasant Grove Road

Unsafe structure in Dolomite neighborhood will be torn down to eliminate public safety risk and reduce blight.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 1520 Pleasant Grove Road, Dolomite, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Demolition ordered for unsafe building at 3005 Avenue V

Building declared unsafe and a public nuisance; demolition will remove hazard from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 3005 Avenue V, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 2219 32nd Avenue North ordered demolished

Property declared a public nuisance and safety hazard. Demolition removes blight and risk from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2219 - 32nd Avenue North, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Building at 20 3rd Street South declared unsafe; demolition approved

Building at 20 3rd Street South will be demolished after being declared unsafe and a public nuisance. Removal clears a blighted property from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 20 - 3rd Street South, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Council orders demolition of unsafe building at 6th Ave North

Unsafe structure at 7903 6th Avenue North will be demolished. Removing blighted buildings improves neighborhood safety and property values.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 7903 - 6th Avenue North, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 2722 Avenue J

Condemned structure at 2722 Avenue J will be torn down as a public safety hazard and nuisance. Removes blight from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2722 Avenue J, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Council orders demolition of unsafe building at 3511 2nd St N

Building at 3511 2nd Street North declared unsafe and ordered demolished. Removes a public nuisance from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 3511 - 2nd Street North, Birmingham
January 18, 2022 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 459 4th Street ordered demolished

City declares the structure at 459 4th Street in Thomas a public nuisance and orders its demolition to address blight and improve neighborhood safety.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 459 - 4th Street, Thomas, Birmingham
January 11, 2022 · Item number:Item #52 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $15K

Property owner charged $14,739 for demolition at 7117 Division Ave

Property owner at 7117 Division Avenue will be billed $14,738.80 through a special assessment to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building on the site.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 7117 Division Avenue, Birmingham
January 11, 2022 · Item number:Item #51 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $11K

City assesses $10,802 demolition cost against 6203 2nd Ave South

Property owner must pay the city's cost to tear down an unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien against the property until paid.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 6203 - 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham
January 11, 2022 · Item number:Item #50 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $10K

Demolition cost recovery: $10,333 special assessment on 221 69th Place North

Property owner billed $10,333 for city's cost to demolish unsafe building at this address. Special assessment becomes a lien on the property unless paid.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 221 - 69th Place North, Birmingham
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