Dilapidated properties

One of the concerns of our city council, and probably any council in Iowa is what to do with dilapidated properties. Going through the legal process costs thousands of dollars. For the house on South Cottonwood they we were able to acquire and tear down, took well over a year, and probably cost city taxpayers over $10,000. Here is an article of what a city in Massachusetts is going to do about it. Basically give the properties a scarlett letter, by putting a big sign in front of the property listing the owner's name and phone number.

Here is the article.

In case you were not aware, you can go to Story County's website, and look up the owner and valuation of any property in the county.
HERE is the link to go look at that.