In a message dated 10/17/2012 1:09:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, aroc...@gmail.com writes:
_http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1448_ (http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1448) "A dataset that I have worked hard to provide is now ready and available for your consumption: The _Delinquent Landlord Map_ (http://www.philadelinquency.com/?page_id=1406) . Roughly 70,000 L&I active rental licenses have been matched up with their corresponding property records at the Office of Property Assessment. Interesting... good work. Note: * although there are lots of landlord delinquencies in West Philadelphia, there are almost none in University City, * The 70,000 active rental licenses represent slightly less than half of the rental properties in the city -- a factor I found in preparing a presentation for City Council this past spring by comparing L&I's number with the most recent census data. Those of us who consider ourselves responsible rental housing providers (formerly known somewhat derogatorily as "landlords) have made a strong case, which city officials have -- of course -- ignored, that the people operating without licenses tend to have the most housing code violations and to be otherwise the most irresponsible. This probably applies to tax delinquencies as well. The city is losing a lot of money by not making a serious effort to identify unlicensed rental properties, while also disregarding the health and safety problems my colleagues and I assert are rampant in this segment of the market. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Krigman KRF Management, ICON/Information Concepts Inc 211 S 45th St, Philadelphia PA 19104-2918 215-349-6500, fax 215-349-6502 krf...@aol.com or al.krig...@krf.icodat.com
