City and town governments are responsible for keeping their residents safe. One way that this is done is through code enforcement, headed by an Inspectional Services Department (ISD), or equivalent bodies, that enforce the various state and municipal building, health, safety, sanitary, and housing codes. Cities and towns receive a wide variety of complaints that are handled by ISD each
Demolition and Redevelopment of Blighted Property. Representing the City of Chelsea, our Tax Title Recovery team successfully defeated a multi-level attack on the City’s authority to demolish an unsafe structure, and the City’s right to record a lien against the property to recover its demolition costs. Acknowledging the appellate case law on municipal demolitions has been sparse, the Massachusetts Appeals
City and town governments are responsible for keeping their residents safe. One way that this is done is through code enforcement, headed by an Inspectional Services Department (ISD), or equivalent bodies, that enforce the various state and municipal building, health, safety, sanitary, and housing codes. Cities and towns receive a wide variety of complaints that are handled by ISD each
Demolition and Redevelopment of Blighted Property. Representing the City of Chelsea, our Tax Title Recovery team successfully defeated a multi-level attack on the City’s authority to demolish an unsafe structure, and the City’s right to record a lien against the property to recover its demolition costs. Acknowledging the appellate case law on municipal demolitions has been sparse, the Massachusetts Appeals