The document provides information from a May 2012 BlightSTAT meeting in New Orleans. It summarizes announcements from a ServeNOLA Love Your Block program that involved clean-up projects. It also provides data on inspections, hearings, and blight remediation efforts in New Orleans for May 2012. Charts show trends in inspections completed, hearings held, and cases resolved over time. The goal is to continue improving timeliness and reducing blighted properties backlogs.

1. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
BlightSTAT
Reporting Period: May, 2012
www.nola.gov/opa
Office of Performance & Accountability

2. Agenda
8:00-8:20 Announcements - LYB
8:20-8:40 Inspections
8:40-9:00 Hearings
9:00-9:20 Abatement
9:20-9:40 Code Lien Foreclosures
9:40-10:00 Reinvestment
BlightSTAT feedback form on back page of presentation
2 BlightSTAT May, 2012

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
3 BlightSTAT May, 2012

4. ServeNOLA Love Your Block
Spring 2012 program
Lower 9th Ward A Community Voice:
Clean-up and lot-clearing near Sam Bonart Playground (1200 Forstall ) Quick Stats:
64 Project applications
received
10 Projects funded
213 Volunteers
~1,000 Volunteer hours
contributed
BEFORE AFTER
Montegut & Dauphine Neighbors Group: Project locations
Graffiti removal, Container gardening, tree planting (2900 Dauphine)
BEFORE AFTER
Source: ServeNOLA, 6/10/12
BlightSTAT May, 2012

5. INSPECTIONS
5 BlightSTAT May, 2012

6. Inspections by Type and Result
Type of Inspection by Month Completed Inspection Results
715 830 894 968 1050 956 Violation Unoccupied; No WIP
1200
Posting of Judgment Invalid inspection
Posting of Hearing Violation WIP
Reinspection Abated; Demolished; In Compliance
Posting of
Judgment
1000
2012
Initial Inspection May 70 66 Occupied - Occupied
204
82
207
800 64 172 168
131
Posting of
Hearing
2012
61 168 May 134 22 11 1
214
166
600
146
337
371
Reinspection
302
2012
400 313 298 May 284 29 44 14
254
Initial Inspection
200 378
335
254 258 291
2012
239 May 259 9 8 22 37
0
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
2011 2012
0 100 200 300 400
Source: Code Enforcement, Inspections Completed by
Inspector Report May 13st – Accela Systems
6 BlightSTAT May, 2012

7. Timeliness of Inspections improves greatly
700
Initial Inspections
35 450
Posting of Hearings 20
Average Time (# of days)
Average Time (# of days)
400 18
600 30
Total # Completed
Total # Completed
350 16
500 25 14
300
400 20 12
250
10
300 15 200
8
150 4.9
200 6.7 10 6
100 4
100 5 50 2
547 634 186 254 239 259 292 378 335 144 212 382 146 214 166 168 132 168
0 0 0 0
2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
400
Re-Inspections 20 250
Posting of Judgments 60
Average Time (# of days)
Average Time (# of days)
350 18 46.2
50
Total # Completed
Total # Completed
16 200
300 12.3 14
40
250 12 150
200 10 30
150 8 100
20
6
100
4 50
10
50 2
84 205 314 254 313 298 302 337 371 32 50 31 61 64 172 207 204 82
0 0 0 0
2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Source: Code Enforcement, Inspections Completed by
Inspector Report May 31st – Accela Systems
BlightSTAT May, 2012

8. Open Complaints
Incomplete Complaint Inspections Incomplete Complaint Inspections
As of April 30th As of May 31st
2011
2011
19 190*
Jan 23 292 total Jan 28* 705 total
Feb 48 Feb 47
2012
2012
Mar 82 Mar 80
Apr 120 Apr 99
0 50 100 150
* The number of incomplete Complaint inspections from 2011 May 261
increased between May and April – a preliminary scan of these
records indicate that a proportion of these cases contain invalid
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
addresses. This information was vetted manually in April with the
Case Supervisor, but in May this was not possible because of
staffing changes. Either way, the “status” of these invalid cases
have not yet been closed in the Accela system and will remain
open when migrated into LAMA BlightSTAT May, 2012

9. Unresolved Sweep Inspection Cases
Target is to complete initial inspections within 30 days of scheduled date
Status as of April 30th Status as of May 31st
Jan 57 Jan 55
Feb 27 Feb 26
Mar 132 Mar 132
Apr 121 Apr 121
May 104 May 99
Jun 104 Jun 104
2011
2011
Jul 71 Jul 67
Aug 37 Aug 37
Sep 28 Sep 29
Oct 28 Oct 24
Nov 11 Nov 10
Dec 10 Dec 10 739 cases older than
Jan 9 Jan 90 days may not be
10
Feb
actionable
15
2012
Feb 15
Mar 27 2012
Mar 26
99 cases younger
Apr 35
Apr 26 than 90 days are
0 50 100 150 May
actionable
47
0 50 100 150
Source: Code Enforcement, Mystery Backlog Report
Jan 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 – Accela Systems
9 BlightSTAT May, 2012

10. Cumulative Inspections
1,184 Inspections completed in May
10000
9000
8333
Demolition 8000
Posting of Judgments
6831
Posting of Hearings 7000
Reinspections - subtotal
Initial Inspection 5647 6000
Inspections Cumulative Target
Cumulative Inspections 2012 5000
4235
4000
2755 3000
2000
1312
1000
0
January February March April May
Source: Code Enforcement, Inspections Completed by
Inspector Report May 31st – Accela Systems
BlightSTAT May, 2012

11. HEARINGS
11 BlightSTAT May, 2012

12. Number of Hearings per month
Monthly totals Cumulative Hearings Trend
700 5,000
667
4,500
600
4,000
536
500 3,333
3,500
438
3,000
400 397
2,500 2,168
1,934
300 297
2,000
266
234
200 1,500
1,000
100
500
- -
Jan Feb March April May June Dec Jan Feb March April May June
Cumulative Hearings - 2012 YTD
Total Hearings
Hearings Cumulative Target - 2012 YTD
Hearings Monthly Target
Cumulative Hearings Count (2011)
Projection count
Cumulative Hearings - Projected 2012
Note: Projection for the Month of May actually covers May 1 – June 8,
2012, as the Hearings Bureau has stopped setting cases for Hearing
after this date while preparing for new system.
Source: Hearings Bureau, incremental Hearing Docket Reports, July 1, BlightSTAT May, 2012
2011 – May 31st, 2012

13. Trend in Hearing Results
Guilty Reset: Work in Progress Reset: No Reinspection
300 37% 37% 40% 160 30% 120 15% 16%
36% 35% 14%
32% 24% 25%
35% 140 24% 14%
250 30% 23% 25% 100
30% 120 20% 21% 12%
200 20% 80
25% 100 8% 10%
150 20% 80 15% 60 6% 8%
5%
15% 60 4% 6%
100 10% 40
10% 40 4%
50 5% 20
5% 20 2%
270 160 106 141 93 147 144 129 67 110 55 94 105 80 25 23 11 25
0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Dec Jan Feb March April May Dec Jan Feb March April May Dec Jan Feb March April May
In Compliance Dismissed; Reset Legal Issue Reset: State Program
120 22% 25% 100 13% 14% 25 7% 8%
20% 90 12% 12%
19% 19% 11% 12% 7%
100 20% 80 10% 20
17% 9% 5% 6%
15% 70 10%
80
15% 60 15 4% 4% 5%
8%
60 50 4%
10% 40 6% 10 3% 3% 3%
40 30 4%
2%
20 5% 20 5
2% 1%
109 89 57 98 54 75 10 86 55 27 48 34 46 19 23 15 18 19 10
0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Dec Jan Feb March April May Dec Jan Feb March April May Dec Jan Feb March April May
Source: Hearings Bureau, incremental Hearing Docket Reports, July 1, 2011 –
May 31st, 2012
Note that previously three results: Dismissed, Reset: Legal Issue and Reset:
State Program were grouped together as one category BlightSTAT May, 2012

14. Age of Reset Hearing Cases
Grouped by Quarter of Initial Inspection
(does not include properties pending adjudication)
Reset: <1/1/2011
Conditional 4 2 8 9 6
Guilty 2011 - Qtr1
Reset: Not 2011 - Qtr2
3 4 11 10 2 6
Reinspected
2011 - Qtr3
Reset: Owner 2011 - Qtr4
4 2 13 9 4 9
Legal Issue
2012 - Qtr1
Reset: State
Program 9 7 41 16 7 4 1 2012 - Qtr2
Delay
Reset: Work
8 8 39 30 24 19 1
in Progress
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Reset: Work in Progress Reset: State Program Delay Reset: Owner Legal Issue Reset: Not Reinspected Reset: Conditional Guilty
<1/1/2011 8 9 4 3 4
2011 - Qtr1 8 7 2 4 2
2011 - Qtr2 39 41 13 11 8
2011 - Qtr3 30 16 9 10 9
2011 - Qtr4 24 7 4 2
2012 - Qtr1 19 4 9 6 6
2012 - Qtr2 1 1
Source: Hearings Bureau, de-duplicated/compiled Hearing
Docket Report, March 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 BlightSTAT May, 2012

15. Revised Hearings Backlog
Case Status – as of April 30th Case Status – as of May 31st
2011
2011
461 194 427 164
Jan 143 73 Jan 128 76
Feb 139 8 Feb 140 13
2012
2012
Mar 138 Mar 94 30
Apr 255 Apr 184 112
- 200 400 600 800
May 258 310
LEGEND 0 200 400 600 800
Backlog (new case, with an inspection more Count of Addresses
than 60 days old) As of May 31st New Case In Research Grand Total
Stalled (case in research, no activity in more 2011 427 164 591
than 60 days) 2012
Jan 128 76 204
Worklog (new case, intial inspection less than Feb 140 13 153
60 days old) Mar 94 30 124
Apr 184 112 296
In Process (case in-research, recent activity within May 258 310 568
past 60 days) Grand Total 1231 705 1936
Source: Hearings Bureau, de-duplicated/compiled Hearing
Docket Report, March 1, 2011 – May 31, 2012 BlightSTAT May, 2012

16. ABATEMENT
16 BlightSTAT May, 2012

17. Demolitions by Program
300
Demolished Units by Program (2012)
FEMA - Units
250 40
NORA - Units
SDER - Units
Number of Units
200
100 IDC - Units
150
100 69 57
60
106 47
50 25 46 41 51
29 18 12 11 7
0 15 17 17 19
January February March April
3500
Cumulative Demolitions since Oct 1, 2010 3106
3240
FEMA - Units 2977
2728 2833
3000 NORA - Units
SDER - Units 2453
2211 2302
Number of Units
2500 IDC - Units 1958 2026
Demo Target Cumulative All 1826
2000 1652 2000
1473
1500 1189
888
1000 596
427 499
500 245
99
0
Source: Demolitions reported by Program (Contractor):
17 FEMA (SAIC), SDER (DRC), NORA (CDM), IDC (Durr), BlightSTAT May, 2012

18. Demolitions by Program April 2012
Source: Demolitions reported by Program (Contractor):
FEMA (SAIC), SDER (DRC), NORA (CDM), IDC (Durr),
18 BlightSTAT May, 2012

19. New Orleans FEMA Demolitions May 2012
Phase Apr May Properties Change Description
01 | LLT/NORA 60 60 60 0 s Transferring from LLT to NORA ownership s FEMA program can demo after transfer with City approval
s Processing for Sheriff sale s Unsold properties can go to demolition
02 | Sheriff Sale 34 35 35 +1 s Reviewing properties to determine best disposition s Highly damaged properties may be demolished and sold
03 | Inspection 56 42 42 -14 s Does not have a future hearing date set s Non-adjudicated and awaiting inspection and hearing
04 | Hearing 45 32 32 -13 s Has an initial or reset hearing date in the future s Awaiting judgment
s Newly adjudicated
05 | Noticing 21 21 21 0 s In process of notice of judgment and intent to demolish
s Homeowner appeal period
06 | Local Historic 1 2 2 +1 s Adjudicated and waiting historic committee meeting s NCDC, HDLC, or City Council decision
07 | Legal Review 6 6 6 0 s Adjudicated and waiting Law Department review s Ensuring proper notice of hearing, judgment, & intent
08 | Salvage 15 4 4 -11 s FEMA Historic Preservation determined for Salvage s Permitting and selective salvage come before ACM testing
09 | ACM Test 7 3 3 -4 s For non-salvage properties testing precedes permitting s Awaiting testing or test results
10 | Permit 4 5 5 +1 s Ready to be permitted for demolition s Awaiting application, payment, or delivery of permit
s Transmitted or ready to transmit to demolition contractor
11 | Transmit 30 18 18 -12 s May be waiting for utilities disconnects
s Awaiting abatement (when required) and demolition
12 | Demolished 198 233 233 +35 s Property has passed all preliminary checks s Demolition is underway or completed
s May not reach final disposition under FEMA program s State funding programs
13 | Indefinite Hold 60 54 54 -6 s NCDC/HDLC Denials s Official City or State requests to place on hold
s Homeowner has brought property into compliance
14 | In Compliance 384 406 406 +22 s Includes properties demolished by owner
s Public nuisance and blight remediated
Change in May: 22 to Compliance 35 Demolitions / 57 Units
19 Source: Demolitions in progress report: FEMA (SAIC) BlightSTAT May, 2012

20. CODE LIEN FORECLOSURES
20 BlightSTAT May, 2012

21. 68 Files Accepted for Foreclosure
proceedings during period
Monthly Totals Cumulative Totals compared to
2012 Target
Rejected: various reasons
160 600
Rejected: Noticing Issue Cumulative Files Rejected
and Accepted 220
Files Accepted
140 Cumulative Files Accepted
14 500
Cumulative 2012 target
120 417
15 400
Number of Files Reviewed
100 65
73
299
80 38 300
231
60
15 200 170
40 120
63 68
57 61 100
50 57
20
0 0
January February March April May January February March April May
*Note: No information on rejected files was provided in April
21 Source: Law Department, Housing Unit, 6/13/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012

22. New Writs Filed for 2012: Code Lien Foreclosure process
(Jan 1 – May 31, 2012)
22 Source: Law Department, Housing Unit 6/13/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012

23. Positive Outcomes from Code Lien Foreclosure process
(Sept, 2011 – April, 2012)
23 Source: Law Department, Housing Unit 6/13/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012

24. Upcoming Sheriff Sales (May & June)
Address CDC # Date
1638 CLOUET 2012-2012 6/14/2012
6474 BELLAIRE 2011-4054 6/14/2012
8419 SOUTH CLAIBORNE 2012-2041 6/14/2012
2510 CLOVER STREET 2012-2022 6/14/2012
8501 APPLE 2011-4579 6/14/2012
2639 ANNETTE 2012-2035 6/14/2012
1712 SAINT ANN 2011-2897 6/14/2012
6950 MILNE 2012-2034 6/14/2012
4001 DOWNMAN 2012-2044 6/14/2012
2352 ROBERT E LEE 2011-5063 6/14/2012
2139 HOPE 2012-2024 6/14/2012
8722 BELFAST 2012-2016 6/14/2012
1429 ANNETTE 2012-2043 6/21/2012
1624 LAPEYROUSE 2012-2036 6/21/2012
3025 MILAN 2011-4531 6/21/2012
8501 APPLE 2011-5048 6/28/2012
2724 FOURTH 2012-2028 6/28/2012
2214 ANNETTE 2012-2017 6/28/2012
2434 BARRACKS 2012-2031 6/28/2012
2629 ANNETTE 2012-2023 6/28/2012
13648 NORTH CAVELIER 2012-2041 6/28/2012
432 SOUTH SCOTT 2012-2045 6/28/2012
609 JACKSON 2011-7392 7/12/2012
2724 FOURTH STREET 2011-5592 7/19/2012
2214 ANNETTE STREET 2012-2045 7/19/2012
2434 BARRACKS ST 2011-7008 7/19/2012
13648 N CAVELIER RD 2012-2023 7/19/2012
2822 N ROCHEBLAVE ST 2012-2028 7/19/2012
1290 MILTON ST 2011-2391 7/19/2012
8622 SPRUCE STREET 2012-2031 7/19/2012
8331 ABERDEEN RD 2011-7996 7/19/2012
4217 WILLOW ST 2011-5058 7/19/2012
2482 BEHRMAN HWY 2011-4487 7/19/2012
7813 OLIVE ST 2011-5668 7/19/2012
6950 MILNE BOULEVARD 2011-3675 7/19/2012
4671 CHALMARK DR 2011-8643 7/19/2012
7550 DOMINIQUE PL 2011-2894 7/19/2012
9236 FORSHEY ST 2011-5655 7/19/2012
1527 CONGRESS 2011-5072 7/19/2012
4848 BONITA DR 2011-6449 7/19/2012
800 THAYER STREET 2011-9065 7/19/2012
14600 BEEKMAN RD 2012-2040 7/26/2012
7612 WEAVER AVE 2011-9027 7/26/2012
1941 N JOHNSON ST 2011-4582 7/26/2012
2733 ST PETER ST 2011-4122 7/26/2012
2724 FOURTH STREET 2012-2045 8/2/2012
2214 ANNETTE STREET 2012-2023 8/2/2012
2434 BARRACKS ST 2012-2028 8/2/2012
13648 N CAVELIER RD 2012-2031 8/2/2012
723 VALENCE ST 2010-11479 8/2/2012
5517 RAMPART ST 2009-12207 8/2/2012
8830 PALM ST 2011-3645 8/2/2012
24 Source: Law Department, Housing Unit 6/13/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012

25. Proceeds from Sheriff Sales
(related to Code Lien foreclosures)
Amount of Liens Collected from Sale
$400,000
Taxes Collected from Sale
$346,079 Proceeds from Sales (mix of taxes and liens)
$350,000 Amount of Liens Collected- No Sale
Total Collected
$72,700
$300,000
$266,287
$250,000 $235,037 $235,394
$111,872 $37,428
$200,000 $136,511 $180,478
$23,581
$114,133
$137,247 $41,401
$150,000
$61,079
$105,224 $28,304
$39,553
$100,000 $87,353 $39,062 $84,983
$19,898
$161,500 $46,448 $62,114 $93,354 $61,378
$26,894
$46,209 $3,605 $13,387 $110,773 $47,884
$50,000 $112,918
$24,349 $16,497 $87,330 $82,199 $4,530
$12,029 $3,773 $51,243 $58,504 $58,412 $6,921 $16,967
$5,000 $29,704 $36,422 $43,461
$12,027 $15,575 $6,921 $20,133
$0
Note: totals are rounded to the whole dollar value, but source data includes
cents, so rounding errors may occur between subtotals and total
25 Source: Law Department, Housing Unit 6/13/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012

26. REINVESTMENT
26 BlightSTAT May, 2012

27. NORA/LLT Inventory Disposition
Property Sales-May 2012 (22) Auction, 3, 14%
Inventory Status as of May 31, 2012 Critical Strategic
Projects, 1, 4%
Neighborhood
Lot Next Door, 16, Based Sale, 1, 4%
73% Request For
Proposals, 1, 5%
Properties Previously Sold to May 2012
Pending Sale,
749, 24%
(2017)
Neighborhood
Based Sale,
329, 16%
Request For
Properties Proposals, 278,
returned to 14%
Inventory, inventory, 6
2317, 76% Lot Next Door, 968,
48% Auction, 305, 15%
Critical Strategic
Projects, 11, 1%
Grant Programs,
Note: Because of a two-week time lag in reporting, totals for Land Swap, 46, 2% 80, 4%
“Pending Sale” and “Properties Previously Sold” differ from
what was reported in April’s BlightSTAT by 20 properties
Source: NORA, May 31st, 2012 BlightSTAT May, 2012

28. Transfer plan of State-owned properties
to NORA in Orleans Parish
Per Period Cumulative
Reporting Period Actual Goal Actuals Goals
February 2012 541 500 541 498
March 2012 70 500 611 1000
April 2012 701 500 1,312 1500
30
(1800 in
May 2012 process) 2133 1,342 3633
* Property dispositions include auctions, development agreements, and
transfers to NORA.
28 Source: NORA 6/12/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012

29. Office of Community Development
Status of housing units under contract
Total Under Units in Pre- Units Under Units Completed Units Completed
Contract Development Development 2012 2010-2011
Rental Housing Program
The Rental Housing Program provides affordable rental
housing for low-moderate income families. Funds are
provided to Not-For Profit and For-Profit Housing 477 41 403 33 1,018
Development Organizations for the acquisition,
rehabilitation, new construction and soft development
cost associated with developing affordable rental housing.
Homeownership Development Program
This program provides homeownership opportunities by
developing properties through acquisition, rehabilitation +12
or new construction of homes that will be sold to low-
income families. Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Housing 149 85 48 16 6
Development Organizations can apply for HOME funds to
subsidize the cost of construction, land acquisition and
down payment assistance that will produce a code
compliant home.
Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program
The Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program provides +24
financial assistance to low-income homeowners to enable
them to bring their residences into compliance with the 335 204 83 48 326
Federal Government’s Housing Quality Standards and the
International Residential Code adopted by the City of New
Orleans. The program is administered by Not-For-Profit
Housing Organizations and In-House OCD staff.
NOTE: Green arrows and text reflect movement between reporting periods
Source: Office of Community Development (OCD),
April -> May reporting periods
29 BlightSTAT May, 2012

30. Soft Second Mortgages through June 12, 2012
Source: Office of Community Development,
6/12/12 BlightSTAT May, 2012
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31. Evaluation Form
Are you a city employee or a member of the public?
On a scale 1-5, how useful was this meeting to you?
(1= least useful and 5= most useful)
What’s working?
What’s not working?
31 BlightSTAT May, 2012