Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Fwd: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status
I would recommend contacting Peter Duvall at the Greater Homewood Community Corp. He has extensive experience in dealing with housing issues and has lived in Charles Village and Old Goucher. John Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 00:13:31 To: Chat@charlesvillage.info; discuss...@charlesvillage.info Subject: [Discussion] Fwd: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Believe it or not, NO reaction from our elected and government personnel to my Sunday rant about the contempt of court case concerning the abandoned house at 300 E Lorriane! I'm now interested in how much tax revenue we have all lost from this house continuing to be taxed at an owner occupied rate, when in fact, its been completely abandoned since 2004, and the owner has been in contempt of court for six months. Despite a $500 per day fine imposed last November, she was allowed to pay property tax of just $650 in February: something is seriously out of sync in the city government, or the owner knows the right people at City Hall. Paul -Original Message- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com To: jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov; marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov; michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov; bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov; ugagra...@yahoo.com; donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov; ma...@baltimorecity.gov Sent: Wed, 6 May 2009 7:51 pm Subject: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Mayor Shelia Dixon: I have been pressing, complaining, and following the court case concerning the clearly abandoned and rapidly deteriorating property at 300 E. Lorraine Street in Charles Village to no avail. Sunday, I learned to my disgust, tha t this blighted property is being taxed at the owner occupied rate: no one can, nor has, occupied the house since 2004 (even the vagrants have run away). I notified the people I've been working with for two years now with modest to no success (in the to: line above) on Sunday, and NOT ONE has replied, not even a polite reply saying work is in progress, concerning the myriad ongoing problems outlined below, which have been previously reported over two years ago now. So I ask you as mayor: Why is this house being taxed as a resident occupied house after 5 years as an abandoned property, and why has her contempt of court case not been enforced a full year later? The house was to have been torn down in December of 2007. How can the tax office accept a tax payment in February of this year, when she is in contempt of court to transfer sell or demolish the house, as condemned, and accept her claim that it is owner occupied? This is tax fraud, and the owner needs to be retroactively fined and taxed as an abandoned property. In my opinion, you all have failed us residents miserably, and I'm now going to the press20to expose this gross inaction. Paul -Original Message- From: paul Williams oldhousehist...@aol.com mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com To: 'Hessler, Jason, Acting Director, Code20Enforcement Legal' jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov ; 'Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City)' marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov ; 'Braverman, Michael Deputy Commissioner' michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov Cc: 'Young, Bernard (Baltimore City)' bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov ; ugagra...@yahoo.com mailto:ugagra...@yahoo.com ; 'Fairweather, Donna' donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 8:04 pm Subject: RE: 300 E. Lorraine Street Ladies=2 0 Gentlemen! I've been patiently waiting for information from you all on this ongoing problematic vacant house (now full of mold) which I've been complaining about for years (see below). I had hoped to find resolution to the problem through the normal channels, as the court system was making progress in her contempt case. Today, I watched the rain pour into the basement from the back roof and noticed that the windows are so black with mold one can't see inside. When I went to look the house up today (300 E. Lorraine - Square 3837, lot 66) on the real property tax database, imagine my anger at finding that the owner not only paid her taxes in February (on a condemned house where she is in contempt of court), but that she LISTED THE HOUSE AS HER PRICIPAL RESIDENCE. And, she got the residential tax rate (about $1400 per year), which I'm sure she has obviously been getting for several years, even with condemnation proceedings now over two years old. Nobody can, or has, lived in the house since 2004. We moved into an adjoining house facing the shared alley in 2003. Even the illegal vagrants moved out in 2004 because of the
Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Fwd: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status
When Peter Duvall was in charge of housing issues for CVCBD, 2625 Guilford was falling apart, and Peter apparently could do nothing about it. Your best bet is to see whether your City Council member is interested in doing something, if (s)he can do anything about it. Steve. John Spurrier wrote: I would recommend contacting Peter Duvall at the Greater Homewood Community Corp. He has extensive experience in dealing with housing issues and has lived in Charles Village and Old Goucher. John Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 00:13:31 To: Chat@charlesvillage.info; discuss...@charlesvillage.info Subject: [Discussion] Fwd: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Believe it or not, NO reaction from our elected and government personnel to my Sunday rant about the contempt of court case concerning the abandoned house at 300 E Lorriane! I'm now interested in how much tax revenue we have all lost from this house continuing to be taxed at an owner occupied rate, when in fact, its been completely abandoned since 2004, and the owner has been in contempt of court for six months. Despite a $500 per day fine imposed last November, she was allowed to pay property tax of just $650 in February: something is seriously out of sync in the city government, or the owner knows the right people at City Hall. Paul -Original Message- From: oldhousehist...@aol.com To: jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov; marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov; michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov; bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov; ugagra...@yahoo.com; donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov; ma...@baltimorecity.gov Sent: Wed, 6 May 2009 7:51 pm Subject: 300 E. Lorraine Street abandoned house status Mayor Shelia Dixon: I have been pressing, complaining, and following the court case concerning the clearly abandoned and rapidly deteriorating property at 300 E. Lorraine Street in Charles Village to no avail. Sunday, I learned to my disgust, tha t this blighted property is being taxed at the owner occupied rate: no one can, nor has, occupied the house since 2004 (even the vagrants have run away). I notified the people I've been working with for two years now with modest to no success (in the to: line above) on Sunday, and NOT ONE has replied, not even a polite reply saying work is in progress, concerning the myriad ongoing problems outlined below, which have been previously reported over two years ago now. So I ask you as mayor: Why is this house being taxed as a resident occupied house after 5 years as an abandoned property, and why has her contempt of court case not been enforced a full year later? The house was to have been torn down in December of 2007. How can the tax office accept a tax payment in February of this year, when she is in contempt of court to transfer sell or demolish the house, as condemned, and accept her claim that it is owner occupied? This is tax fraud, and the owner needs to be retroactively fined and taxed as an abandoned property. In my opinion, you all have failed us residents miserably, and I'm now going to the press20to expose this gross inaction. Paul -Original Message- From: paul Williams oldhousehist...@aol.com mailto:oldhousehist...@aol.com To: 'Hessler, Jason, Acting Director, Code20Enforcement Legal' jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:jason.hess...@baltimorecity.gov ; 'Clarke, Mary Pat (Baltimore City)' marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:marypat.cla...@baltimorecity.gov ; 'Braverman, Michael Deputy Commissioner' michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:michael.braver...@baltimorecity.gov Cc: 'Young, Bernard (Baltimore City)' bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:bernard.yo...@baltimorecity.gov ; ugagra...@yahoo.com mailto:ugagra...@yahoo.com ; 'Fairweather, Donna' donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov mailto:donna.fairweat...@baltimorecity.gov Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 8:04 pm Subject: RE: 300 E. Lorraine Street Ladies=2 0 Gentlemen! I've been patiently waiting for information from you all on this ongoing problematic vacant house (now full of mold) which I've been complaining about for years (see below). I had hoped to find resolution to the problem through the normal channels, as the court system was making progress in her contempt case.Today, I watched the rain pour into the basement from the back roof and noticed that the windows are so black with mold one can't see inside. When I went to look the house up today (300 E. Lorraine - Square 3837, lot 66) on the real property tax database, imagine my anger at finding that the owner not only paid her taxes in February (on a condemned house where she is in contempt of court), but that she LISTED THE HOUSE AS
