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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 11664 items in last 179 months
Total dollars $19.4M where disclosed
Notice: Hatched months are still being indexed (66.7% 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 1, 2013 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on blighted properties

City charges property owners for removing noxious weeds from neglected parcels. Property owners will receive a bill; amounts vary by property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
October 1, 2013 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment for blighted properties

Property owners may face special assessments to cover costs of removing noxious weeds from neglected parcels. This follows the city's 2012 blighted-property cleanup authority.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
October 1, 2013 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

Property owners may face special assessments to cover costs of removing dangerous weeds from their land. The city uses this enforcement tool on properties that neglect maintenance and pose neighborhood blight.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
October 1, 2013 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: Special assessment hearing set

Property owners with overgrown weeds may face fines to cover city cleanup costs; this hearing sets the amount owed.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #56 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $9K

City collects $9,413 demolition cost from 13th Street North property

Unsafe building at 1243 13th Street North has been demolished; owner will pay the city's demolition costs through a special tax assessment.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1243 - 13th Street North, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #55 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

City levies $5,803 demolition bill on unsafe building at 43 5th Ave S

Property owner at 43 5th Avenue South faces a special assessment to cover demolition costs for an unsafe structure. This shifts the cost of building removal to the property owner.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 43 - 5th Avenue South, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #72 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,113 charged to 519 Omega Street for building demolition

Property owner at 519 Omega Street will be billed $5,113 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. This cost may result in a lien against the property if not paid.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 519 Omega Street, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #75 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

City assesses $4,781 demolition cost to 1310 17th Ave South property owners

Property owners at 1310 17th Avenue South will be billed $4,781 to recover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. Special assessments become a lien on the property and affect ownership and resale.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 1310 - 17th Avenue South (A, B & C), Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #59 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

City assesses $4,642.68 demolition cost to duplex owner at 2433-35 Lawn Ave

Property owner at 2433-35 Lawn Avenue faces a $4,642.68 bill for the city's demolition of an unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien on the property if unpaid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2433-35 Lawn Avenue
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #70 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

City bills property owner $4,389.64 for unsafe building demolition

Property at 1804 Princeton Avenue S.W. will be demolished and the cost charged to the owner as a special assessment. This addresses blight and unsafe structures in the neighborhood.

Counterparty: unknown Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1804 Princeton Avenue S.W., Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #67 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

City charges property owner $4,159 for demolition of unsafe building

Property owner at 2448 Tempest Drive is billed for the cost of removing an unsafe structure. Demolition costs are recovered through special assessments against the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2448 Tempest Drive, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #68 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

City assesses $3,710 demolition cost to 1912 16th St. S.W. duplex

Property owner at 1912 16th St. S.W. faces a special assessment to cover the city's demolition of an unsafe building; the $3,710 bill becomes a lien against the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 1912 -16th Street S.W.
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #65 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

Special assessment: $3,469 demolition cost billed to 109 Dorothy Drive S.W.

Property owner at 109 Dorothy Drive S.W. will be charged $3,469 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building on the lot. The assessment becomes a lien on the property until paid.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 109 Dorothy Drive S.W., Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #61 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

City bills property owner $3,403 for demolition of unsafe building at 2509 Dawso

Owner of 2509 Dawson Avenue S.W. will be assessed $3,403.24 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe structure. The assessment becomes a lien against the property.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 2509 Dawson Avenue S.W., Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #74 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

Special assessment: $3,162 demolition cost for 616 12th St S.W.

Property owner at 616 12th Street S.W. will be billed $3,162.12 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building. This assessment becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 616 - 12th Street S.W. and Shed, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #73 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

Property owner charged $3,031 for unsafe building demolition at 3423 Howard Ave

Property owner at 3423 Howard Avenue must pay $3,030.60 to cover the city's demolition costs for an unsafe structure. Homeowners can be charged special assessments when the city removes dangerous buildings from their property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3423 Howard Avenue, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #64 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

Demolition cost recovery: $2,811 special assessment on 1832 Ethel Avenue

City recovers demolition costs from the property owner after razing an unsafe building. Affected property owners may face liens or tax adjustments to cover the $2,811 bill.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 1832 Ethel Avenue, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #63 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $2K

City recovers $2,318 demolition cost from 3916 Todd Ave S.W. property

City demolishes unsafe building and bills the property owner for the work. Recovery of public costs from private owners holding blighted properties supports neighborhood cleanup efforts.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 3916 Todd Avenue S.W., Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: Special assessment hearing on blighted properties

City seeks to recover costs of clearing noxious weeds from property owners; affected residents will receive bills for abatement work done on their land.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #40 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: Weed abatement charges on blighted properties

Property owners may face cost recovery charges for city-ordered weed removal on neglected lots. Item is incomplete — affected properties and amounts are not listed in the agenda text.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #37 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners may face special assessments to pay for city weed-abatement costs on their land. The hearing provides an opportunity to contest the assessment.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement liens on blighted properties

City is collecting charges against property owners for clearing noxious weeds from their parcels. Property owners may face liens if they don't pay.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #96 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Condemnation permit issued for 2017 10th Street, Pratt City

Property owner Alfonso Smith can now repair or demolish the condemned building at this Pratt City address. Clears the path to address a blighted property and improve neighborhood conditions.

Counterparty: Alfonso Smith Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2017 - 10th Street Pratt City, Birmingham
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement special assessment hearing set

Property owners with noxious weeds face a special assessment after prior city abatement work. You'll have a chance to be heard before the city bills you for cleanup costs.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
September 24, 2013 · Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds may face special assessments to cover abatement costs. This process helps clear blight and improve neighborhood conditions.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
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