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12/27/2024 06:34 AM
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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2025 - 2026 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: December 2, 2024 04:43 PM
From: Senator Nick Miller
To: All Senate members
Subject: Establishing a Fund for Municipal Property Maintenance Code Enforcement
 
I plan to reintroduce a bill providing for the establishment of a municipal codes enforcement grant program, and I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor of this important legislation.

The codes enforcement grant program would be administered through the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and it is intended for municipalities that have no current mechanism for enforcement. The program will focus on upgrading or removing blighted, abandoned, or structurally unsafe dwellings and structures. A municipality obtaining a grant may hire and train critical code enforcement personnel. Matching funds equal to the amount of the state grant will be required; in addition, a municipality can only receive this grant for three consecutive years. Under the bill, DCED shall establish guidelines to determine eligibility for grants.

My legislation also allows municipalities with an established code enforcement program to enact an ordinance to create a municipal neighborhood mitigation fund for uses including demolition, clean-up and repair of blighted property.

The proposal would reduce blight-related problems within our neighborhoods and communities. This legislation is a reintroduction of Senate Bill 966 as well as its companion House Bill 255 of the 2023-24 session. Co-sponsors last session included: Costa, Fontana, Schwank, Boscola, Kane and Comitta. It is my hope you will consider becoming a cosponsor.




Memo Updated: December 23, 2024 09:58 AM