www.hockertitle.com<\/a>) -Originally Published by: Hayleigh Colombo, IBJ; June 5, 2017-<\/strong><\/p>\nThe city of Indianapolis is hoping to get derelict property owners into shape with new changes to its landlord registry.<\/p>\n
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday night approved changes to the registry it first passed back in 2014 to \u201cclose the loopholes\u201d in the current system, said Vice President Zach Adamson.<\/p>\n
That meant changing the definition of a rental to include units advertised as rentals and units offered for sale as rent-to-own properties. The proposal passed 19-3.<\/p>\n
The city lost a case or two or more where a landlord said, \u201cYou can\u2019t prove I\u2019m renting,\u201d said Republican City-County Councilman Jeff Miller. \u201cOf course the city\u2019s not going to go tear down the door and figure out if there\u2019s a tenant in there.\u00a0 If you\u2019re advertising, now it\u2019s black and white.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the landlord registry ordinance<\/u>, IBJ reported in 2014, owners of rental units must provide their names, telephone numbers and addresses.\u00a0 Those who aren\u2019t Indiana residents must provide the same information for an in-state property manager.<\/p>\n
The registration will require affirmation that the rental units and any other property titled to the owner are not violating city code. Landlords also must attest there is not more than one delinquent tax payment associated with their properties.\u00a0 Finally, the registration must state the number of rental units on each parcel of property.<\/p>\n
The city also is trying to solve another problem with the changes: it hopes to add more people to its list of rental property owners. The landlord registry once had about 22,000 properties on their list.\u00a0 Now it has around 13,000 properties.<\/p>\n
Miller and Adamson said since owners can list 100 rentals and process them through the registry for a nominal sum, it appears some people could be leaving the registry to avoid accountability as they notice loopholes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an attempt by the city to gain control over a runaway situation that is costing taxpayers enormous sums of money,\u201d Adamson said. \u201cWe are trying to put a hammer on the good players.\u00a0 We wanted to be able to have an accountability system for the scofflaws.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adamson said the changes \u201cfall back to the premise that with property ownership comes responsibility.\u201d He said run-down rental properties, many with out-of-state owners, create negative consequences for neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
He said it\u2019s also an attempt by the city to prevent properties from becoming \u201cwards of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indianapolis under May Joe Hogsett is attempting to tear down, rehab or otherwise rehabilitate vacant and problem homes throughout the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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