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Turning data into action - giving government the information edge they require to lead in the 21st century.

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Excited to announce our Rental Webinar Series! October 20th and October 27th at 12 PM EST. If you missed us at RVP reach out to [email protected] to get registered!

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We are proud partners of the Regional Response Team in St. Louis, helping to shed light on the scale of housing insecurity in the Metro Area.

https://t.co/EkOz6S4zzt

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Join SCEMA on Friday, September 30th for a webinar discussing the City of Dallas Community Prosecution model.

Strategic enforcement of state nuisance laws and civil ordinances helps build safer and stronger neighborhoods.

Registration info below👇

https://t.co/2MaeSof4Dv

[Center for Community Progress @Vacant2Vibrant]

ICYMI: We have a new Resource Guide for Georgia Land Banks!

Download this A-to-Z toolkit of example forms and documents covering land bank formation and governance, property acquisition and disposition, and innovative programs by Georgia land banks: https://t.co/EEVAXaHweu

[The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU @publicinno]

Are you a local city leader looking to apply equity-informed, data-driven approaches to address challenges in your city? The new #LocalInfrastructureHub has a wealth of resources including @WhatWorksCities City Budgeting for Equity & Recovery e-book. https://t.co/gBOnrMuccn

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Thank you to the @CityOfBoston @CityofRacine and @CityRochesterNY for your leadership, innovation and contribution to rental registration research. #RVP2022

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ICYMI
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Since launching proactive inspections, the City has completed 65 proactive inspections across the Neighborhood Stabilization and Enhancement District (NSED) with a wide range of rental property size (from 850 to 22,300 liveable square feet).

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When the pandemic affected capacity to conduct proactive interior inspections, the City secured grant funding from @WhatWorksCities to hire and deploy door-to-door community outreach to educate tenants of proactive inspection and tenant rights secured under RacineRENTS

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As a result, the City was able to successfully and safely launch proactive inspections in highest-risk communities

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The six key components of RacineRENTS consist of:

Rental and Commercial Property Registration

Proactive rental inspections

Foreclosure registration

Interdepartmental chronic nuisance abatement

Codifying tenant non-retaliation protections

City-coordinated Rent escrow

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Partnering with Tolemi, the City of Racine leveraged limited resources to identify property owners with the largest volume of unregistered rentals and owners with historically poor code enforcement records.

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In 2019, the City of Racine adopted RacineRENTS--a national model for comprehensive rental and neighborhood stabilization efforts.

https://t.co/0EcX6dPFnE

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While Rochester's rental registration program reflects the culmination of progressive reforms towards establishing rental inspection and landlord contact disclosure requirements, Cities can take immediate comprehensive action to adopt impactful rental registration programs...

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Rochester's rental property scoring model empowers tenants to identify safe, accountable rental opportunities and enables the City to leverage limited resources to maximize impact on inspection coverage and registration compliance.

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The City of Rochester developed a weighted multi-factor score leveraging over a dozen data connections consolidated into four key categories:

Vacancy duration 

Open code violation duration  

Number of open violations per unit

Rental registration renewal compliance

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Among those recommendations, the Task Force partnered with Enterprise Community Partners, NY Attorney General's Office and Tolemi to establish a landlord "report card" to inform prospective tenants about the quality of responsible landlords and property managers.

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In January 2022, City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans established the Housing Quality Task Force to establish recommendations to preserve equitable neighborhood stability, improve registration compliance, and advance tenant protections. https://t.co/yXora64H7v

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"Understanding who owns rental units is a first step toward ensuring a supply of affordable, quality rental stock—and to supporting landlords—but very little data on rental property ownership exist.”
https://t.co/3V5HCNBujW

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Good morning #RVP2022! Join us in Wilford A (8:45AM) for a conversation with @CityRochesterNY, @CityofRacine and the Center for Community Progress about how effective, data-driven rental registration programs can advance equity, community health & reverse systemic disinvestment.