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In light of "public participation" being mumbojumbo'd by Our Bureaucracy's clutter'd drawers of ulterior motives, linguistic shade, and predetermined detriment, Freedom to Build will reconvene on Thursday, February the 28th, 3rd eve after the Full Snow Moon has risen before our collective eye. 5 oclock, Sycamore House (3111 Palmyra at Lopez)
Last time we met up (Jan 31) we got to talking about the various ways that space/land/property/whathaveyou is distributed by city agencies and can sometimes be acquired by regular folks without crazy money or social/political ties. There are many different avenues to hold the title for property (as well as ways to use without full legal title...), and with the end goal of compiling into some sort of "Legal Jargon Demystified: Layperson's Guide to Avenues Towards Property Use + Ownership" in hopes that the info could hopefully be helpful to someone, say, maybe applied towards creating a stable home space by people at the mercies of New Orleans' disproportionate rental rates, large-scale redevelopment schemes, rising property values, and strangled public spaces.
Topics to be discussed (pick one and research it, come to class with something to add!):
- compiling a list + basic description of different avenues towards property acquisition
- sheriff's sales, tax sales + what the "X%" lien ownership means
- NORA (New Orleans Redevelopment Authority) property disposition programs, land banking (as passed on from Road Home), and how they are tied
- "donation of blighted property to nonprofits" city program
- the process of going through Safety + Permits, inspections, and what it takes to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy
- why is it that so many blighted + abandoned properties are lost within inheritances?
- acquisitive prescription/corporeal possession (LA version of common law's "adverse possession"/squatter's rights)
- what are the implications of NOPD quality of life officers? The City Planning Commission's Neighborhood Participation Plan considers Land Use to be a Quality of Life issue.