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IF Buffao DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS quit giving handouts to all the delinquent property owners ..such as forgiving GARBAGE USE FEES...WATER FEES, PROPERTY TAXES ..THE CITY WOULDNT BE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE..
When was the last in rem Property Tax Auction...4..maybe 5 years ago? Start foreclosing on these properties and get them in the hands of RESPONSIBLE OWNERS...not slumlords...out of town , out of state and country should be made to post a bond guaranteeing said property would be maintained...also.. LICENSED Property Mgmt Co's should also be just as liable for maintaining the PROPERTY FOR OUT OF TOWN BUYERS..PRESENTLY anin the future...after all..all they do is collect the rent..to get their monthly commission. .other than that...they are also absentee landlords as they do not anything else towards properly maintaining the property! If threatened with pulling their license to operate in Buffalo ..for lack of maintaining and policing the properties they are paid to do. .there would be a lot less properties neglected. .and tenants would have some respect for their living conditions knowing that repairs/maintenance would be made when necessary....and Getting Housing Court more involved in problem tenants ...making it easier to manage..knowing now with the current ANTI LANDLORD Laws...they can do just about anything they want with little or no repercussions.
City is their own worst enemy...when they always seem to blame the landlord for the housing ills..perhaps they should take a look at the reasons why landlords just ignore their responsibilities. .because they know its nearly impossible and lenghty ..and expensive the way this system is set up now...and the CITY POLITICIANS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT!