Comments on: St Louis Real Estate – What happened to property rights? http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/st-louis-real-estate-what-happened-to-property-rights/ St Louis Real Estate News-St Louis Real Estate Agents-St Louis Housing Market Info-St Louis Metro Area Real Estate Market Stats Wed, 09 May 2012 13:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dennis Norman http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/st-louis-real-estate-what-happened-to-property-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2181 Dennis Norman Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:46:43 +0000 http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/?p=1054#comment-2181 Hi ARee, I'm sorry to hear about your problems with Bellefontaine...I'm not a lawyer and do not know about a law existing like the one you mentioned, you may want to check with city hall to see if they have any grant programs available. HUD has a page on its website for resources in Missouri for home repairs, I looked it over and I'm not sure there is anything there that would help but here is the link to the page <a href="http://portal.hud.gov:80/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/missouri/homeownership/homerepairs" rel="nofollow"></a> - You may want to contact the mayor about your situation, his name is Robert Doerr and he can be reached at 867-0076 or email at rdoerr@cityofbn.com. You may also want to get in touch with your alderman and let him/her know about your situation, or even show up at the next board of alderman meeting and share your story with them- I don't know which ward you are in, but here is a link to a map so you can determine which ward you are in and then will know who your aldermen are <a href="http://www.cityofbn.com/downloads/BNWards.pdf" rel="nofollow"></a> - Finally, once you know which ward you are in, here are links to contact info for the alderman in those wards: Ward 1 <a href="http://www.cityofbn.com/cityofficials/1stwardaldermen.htm" rel="nofollow"></a> Ward 2 <a href="http://www.cityofbn.com/cityofficials/2ndwardaldermen.htm" rel="nofollow"></a> Ward 3 <a href="http://www.cityofbn.com/cityofficials/3rdwardaldermen.htm" rel="nofollow"></a> Ward 4 <a href="http://www.cityofbn.com/cityofficials/4thwardaldermen.htm" rel="nofollow"></a> I hope this helps, God Bless, Dennis Hi ARee,
I’m sorry to hear about your problems with Bellefontaine…I’m not a lawyer and do not know about a law existing like the one you mentioned, you may want to check with city hall to see if they have any grant programs available. HUD has a page on its website for resources in Missouri for home repairs, I looked it over and I’m not sure there is anything there that would help but here is the link to the page – You may want to contact the mayor about your situation, his name is Robert Doerr and he can be reached at 867-0076 or email at rdoerr@cityofbn.com. You may also want to get in touch with your alderman and let him/her know about your situation, or even show up at the next board of alderman meeting and share your story with them- I don’t know which ward you are in, but here is a link to a map so you can determine which ward you are in and then will know who your aldermen are – Finally, once you know which ward you are in, here are links to contact info for the alderman in those wards:
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
I hope this helps,
God Bless,
Dennis

]]> By: ARee http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/st-louis-real-estate-what-happened-to-property-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 ARee Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:43:33 +0000 http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/?p=1054#comment-2171 I am a resident of Bellefontaine Neighbors who is being harassed by the city to make improvements to my home. I am unemployed and don't have the money to make the improvements that they are saying needs to be done. The first letter I received from Ted Stockard was to paint the back patio by 7/7/2011 I did this. Shortly afterward a lady in a red truck came by, got on my property, took pictures and another letter was issued that I needed to fix the soffit with metal soffit all around my roof so that squirrels could not get in, but when the squirrels were invading my home at the very beginning the city offered no assistance. The date to fix it is 8/8/2011. If you were to come by my home the outside of my home is well kept and the yard is clean, visually the house is in good shape. I know that there is a law out there somewhere that states that if it is suggested that it needs to be improved that the city needs to assist in the improvements. Please help! I am a resident of Bellefontaine Neighbors who is being harassed by the city to make improvements to my home. I am unemployed and don’t have the money to make the improvements that they are saying needs to be done. The first letter I received from Ted Stockard was to paint the back patio by 7/7/2011 I did this. Shortly afterward a lady in a red truck came by, got on my property, took pictures and another letter was issued that I needed to fix the soffit with metal soffit all around my roof so that squirrels could not get in, but when the squirrels were invading my home at the very beginning the city offered no assistance. The date to fix it is 8/8/2011. If you were to come by my home the outside of my home is well kept and the yard is clean, visually the house is in good shape. I know that there is a law out there somewhere that states that if it is suggested that it needs to be improved that the city needs to assist in the improvements. Please help!

]]> By: Dennis Norman http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/st-louis-real-estate-what-happened-to-property-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 Dennis Norman Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:57:55 +0000 http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/?p=1054#comment-2044 Hey Jeff, Thanks for the comment - I agree with you and think things are out of control in places like Bellefontaine - I don't know if you caught my other articles about the lawsuit brought against the city of Bellefontaine by a real estate agent that had finally had enough, but here is the link to a follow up on the story - http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/city-of-bellefontaine-neighbors-attacks-first-amendment-rights-again/ The short story is, Bellefontaine Lost and an appellant court upheld the decision that their ordinance requiring a property inspection PRIOR to advertising your property for sale, or putting a sign in the yard, was unconstitutional. So, OK, they lost, end of story, right? Nope....they just simply passed a new ordinance that says you have to have your property inspected within 3 days of putting it on the market....Typical game I see played by places like Bellefontaine... As far as what you can do, you are doing it here to some extent by getting the word out - I personally think if more investors/property owners filed lawsuits against Bellefontaine over this issue, and them passing ordinances contrary to the courts ruling, I think eventually they may wake up, but I'm not sure. The article in STL Today yesterday should have been a wake up call - http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_18d05540-1a62-5c52-81b5-9f7278fa3b0d.html You may want to contact Tim Logan, the reporter that did the story on Riverview and see if you can get him interested in doing a story on Bellefontaines abuse of the rights of property owners as a follow up... Thanks again Hey Jeff,
Thanks for the comment – I agree with you and think things are out of control in places like Bellefontaine – I don’t know if you caught my other articles about the lawsuit brought against the city of Bellefontaine by a real estate agent that had finally had enough, but here is the link to a follow up on the story – http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/city-of-bellefontaine-neighbors-attacks-first-amendment-rights-again/

The short story is, Bellefontaine Lost and an appellant court upheld the decision that their ordinance requiring a property inspection PRIOR to advertising your property for sale, or putting a sign in the yard, was unconstitutional. So, OK, they lost, end of story, right? Nope….they just simply passed a new ordinance that says you have to have your property inspected within 3 days of putting it on the market….Typical game I see played by places like Bellefontaine…

As far as what you can do, you are doing it here to some extent by getting the word out – I personally think if more investors/property owners filed lawsuits against Bellefontaine over this issue, and them passing ordinances contrary to the courts ruling, I think eventually they may wake up, but I’m not sure. The article in STL Today yesterday should have been a wake up call – http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_18d05540-1a62-5c52-81b5-9f7278fa3b0d.html

You may want to contact Tim Logan, the reporter that did the story on Riverview and see if you can get him interested in doing a story on Bellefontaines abuse of the rights of property owners as a follow up…

Thanks again

]]> By: jeff thompson http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/real-estate-market/st-louis-real-estate-what-happened-to-property-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2041 jeff thompson Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:40:39 +0000 http://stlouisrealestatenews.com/?p=1054#comment-2041 I'm illegally marketing my house in bellefountaine. I'm also a contractor in bellefountaine. I often do the city check lists that Ted hands out. Funny that many of the items checked have nothing at all to do w safty. mostly nit picky busy work some times things I would not do to my home. The city is in the habit of makeing large financial decisions for people that could be negotiating factors in the sale of there homes. and its on a dedline. I know many Ted stories. I have a friend that had a warrent issued for not haveing a vent fan on time. The city is really doing us a disservice. What can I do to give them bad press? I’m illegally marketing my house in bellefountaine. I’m also a contractor in bellefountaine. I often do the city check lists that Ted hands out. Funny that many of the items checked have nothing at all to do w safty. mostly nit picky busy work some times things I would not do to my home. The city is in the habit of makeing large financial decisions for people that could be negotiating factors in the sale of there homes. and its on a dedline. I know many Ted stories. I have a friend that had a warrent issued for not haveing a vent fan on time. The city is really doing us a disservice. What can I do to give them bad press?

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