Homes become nuisances
– and it’s not a huge surprise
It’s sad to see that many foreclosed homes in Hollister have
fallen into disrepair and the hands of partiers who use the houses
for drug use and other criminal activity, as the city has reported
a drastic increase in responses for the code enforcement officer to
such properties.
Homes become nuisances – and it’s not a huge surprise
It’s sad to see that many foreclosed homes in Hollister have fallen into disrepair and the hands of partiers who use the houses for drug use and other criminal activity, as the city has reported a drastic increase in responses for the code enforcement officer to such properties.
As San Benito County has been hit about as hard as any community by the housing crunch, it’s not surprising that homes could be victimized and left as gradually degrading nuisances, ending up ultimately hurting neighboring properties’ values due to overall neighborhood decline.
City: take action when possible
The City of Hollister should be as proactive as possible and take action to the fullest extent – despite the added challenge of having many foreclosed homes’ being owned by overseas banks – and levy regular fines against any properties that become nuisances and, ultimately, neighborhood wrecking balls.
Hollister officials should protect neighboring citizens who deserve no less than the city’s fullest attention to the law on the matter – and aggressively pursue action against owners of substandard properties left vacant.
This housing crisis is, after all, a major reason for a local economic decline. The community, therefore, can ill afford any additional aggravators to the problem, such as further degradation of property values.
If that means taking the time to track down homes’ owners through an often tedious list of transactions, then so be it. The work is simply worth the reward.
Communitywide problem at hand
Of course, all residents can offer a helping hand by keeping their eyes on the lookout for gradually worsening nuisance properties.
|San Benito County’s in the midst of a communitywide crisis, and it’s going to take a broadly encompassing effort to dig a path out of this
