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File #: 189760    Version: 1
Type: Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 6/7/2010 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/10/2010 Final action: 6/10/2010
Enactment date: N/A Enactment #: 189760
Title: City Assessor Responding to Board Order #189610

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City Assessor Responding to Board Order #189610

 

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To the Honorable Board of Aldermen:Thank you for the opportunity to respond to Board order 189610, "that the Assessor provide the Committee on Housing and Community Development with the number of residential homeowner foreclosures vs. non-residential homeowner foreclosures."  I was recently asked this same question by Phil Ercolini and sent an e-mail response that he tells me was forwarded to the Board.  However, I am happy to provide this information to the Board again.Since calendar year 2007 through April of 2010, we have had 115 foreclosures of residential properties.  The number per year is as follows:                     Calendar Yr.                                                               Number                                          2007                                                                                    20                     2008                                                                                    45                     2009                                                                                    28                     thru April 2010                                                               22                     Total                                                                                    115As for resident vs. non-resident and type, during this period, the following can be observed:                     Type                                                                                    Total #                                          # owner-occupied*                     Single Family                                                               15                     |910|                     Two Family                                                               47                                          10                     Three Family                                                               17                     |910|                     Condo units                                                               33                     |910|                     Apt. bldgs. with 4-8 units|99||910|                     Totals                                                                                    115                                          25A little over 21% of the foreclosed residential properties were owner occupied at the time of repossession(please note that I simply checked to see if the owner at that time, prior to foreclosure was receiving the residential exemption.).                     Respectfully submitted,