Shreveport Council Focuses on Property Owners

The Times reports that the Shreveport City Council has more than tripled the fee charged to owners who neglect their property. The council is also pursuing the option of attaching liens on property that the city is forced to tend to. "The city has more than 7,000 pieces of adjudicated property that mostly lie dormant throughout the city, but in some cases actually sap funds because the city spends money cutting weeds or boarding up structures."

Posted by AJR at April 21, 2003 07:30 AM