Thanks but again, it's not my work. And I think Philadelinquency's idea in creating this map is at the very least the city has no excuse not to go after fruit as low-hanging as this, which is not to say there aren't other things the city should absolutely also be doing in addition.
Amara On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:32 PM, <krf...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > 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 > > "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 > -- I foster with City Kitties: Rocco<http://citykitties.org/adopt/adoption-listings/?page=pet&id=4152313&PHPSESSID=c74b70a505f65d618c559709dff12a21> and Red<http://citykitties.org/adopt/adoption-listings/?page=pet&id=4811880>
