A new housing code could crack down on neglected and abandoned homes in Dayton.
As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00 , Dayton city officials are looking into a new ordinance that will make housing violations civil offenses.
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These violations are currently criminal offenses, but it can be difficult to process them for out-of-state homeowners and LLCs.
“It isn’t really workable in its current form. So, we wanted to make it more workable and expand it, make it more. We been working with the housing department and planning neighborhoods division department to make sure this will be actually workable for the city,” Assistant Attorney for the City of Dayton Alissa Schriner said…