briefing on housing and market conditions for cuyahoga county council june 10, 2014
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BRIEFING ON HOUSING AND Market CONDITIONS FOR Cuyahoga County COUNCIL June 10, 2014. Frank Ford, Chair Vacant and Abandoned Property Action Council (VAPAC) Senior Policy Advisor Thriving Communities Institute. Overview. Background on the housing “landscape” in Cuyahoga County Foreclosure - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BRIEFING ON HOUSING AND MARKET CONDITIONS FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY COUNCIL
JUNE 10, 2014
Frank Ford, Chair
Vacant and Abandoned Property Action Council (VAPAC)
Senior Policy Advisor
Thriving Communities Institute
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Overview
• Background on the housing “landscape” in Cuyahoga County• Foreclosure• Vacancy and Abandonment• Home Sale Price Trends• Consequences of Market Decline• Tools for Market Stabilization and Recovery
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Foreclosure
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Cuyahoga County Mortgage Foreclosure
Cuyahoga mortgage foreclosure filings are down 47% from their peak in 2007.But they are still double what they were before the foreclosure crisis began.
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Tax Foreclosure – Board of Revision
BOR - a critical tool for combatting blight - becomes more effective when the Cuyahoga Land Bank begins operation in 2009. The drop in 2012 is due to a
loss of staff capacity in the Prosecutor’s Office.
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Impact of Foreclosure51,791 Sheriff Sales (since 2000)
24,000 Vacant Homes in Cuyahoga County
Home Sale Prices Down
A Corresponding Loss of Homeowner Equity
Uncollected Property Tax (Residential)
Cost of Blight Removal
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Vacancy and Abandonment
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Foreclosures Are Down But They’ve Left Us With An Epidemic of
Market-Crippling Blight
Cleveland City October 2012May 2013
October 2013
Distressed/Condemnable 6,974 7,761 8,297
Demolition Estimate $69,740,000 $77,610,000 $82,970,000
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City of Cleveland Distressed Property Estimates
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Sample Properties – Clear Cases of Obvious Distress
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3593 E. 113
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674 E. 97
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9107 Harris
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Sample Properties – Hidden Damage
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6800 Fleet
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6800 Fleet - rear
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8821 Bessemer
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8821 Bessemer through rear entrance
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3402 E. 103
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3402 E. 103 - basement
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3402 E. 103 - interior
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9816 Cudell
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9816 Cudell - interior
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9816 Cudell – standing water in basement
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The Problem is Compounded by Banks “Walking Away”
• Irresponsible bank lending and foreclosure practices have resulted in high foreclosures, high abandonment, and low home sale prices.
• In response to the conditions they themselves created, banks have begun to “walk-away” from foreclosures they file.
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Norm/ExpectedForeclosure Filed
Foreclosure Judgment
Bank Requests Shf Sale
Bank Bids at Shf Sale
Bank Takes Title
Bank Responsible For Property Tax & Code
Violations
Charge-off/walkawayForeclosure Filed
Foreclosure Judgment
Bank Doesn’t Request Shf
Saleor
Bank Doesn’t Bid at Shf Saleand/or
Moves For Dismissal
Taxpayers Absorb cost of Unpaid Tax and Demolition
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The Problem is Further Compounded by Vulture Investors Who Trade In Blight
The flood of vacant blighted homes has spawned a corresponding increase in opportunistic investors.
“If we had to bring these properties up to code, our business model wouldn’t work”. –
Texas investor.
From “The Role of Investors in the One-To-Three Family REO Market: The Case of Cleveland”. The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (January 2014).
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Harvard Investor Study (2014)13 years of data: 2000 – 2012Over 50,000 Sheriff Sales to Bank REO
Inventories38,931 unduplicated properties72,954 subsequent post-REO transfers
through March 2013
Frank Ford, et al. “The Role of Investors in the One-To-Three Family REO Market: The Case of
Cleveland”. The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (January 2014).
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Harvard Investor Study - Findings
30% of the 38,931 REO properties experienced “failure”. Defined as:VacantCondemnedDemolished, orTax delinquent
The impact fell disproportionately on African American neighborhoods
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Harvard Study - Outcome By Investor TypeThe failure rate for properties acquired by out-
of-state investors was double that for Ohio investors.
Properties acquired by large investors (100+ properties) were 5 times more likely to fail than those acquired by small investors.
Properties acquired by non-profits, land banks or government were three times more likely to succeed than those acquired by small investors.
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Home Sale Price Trends
Blight Has Devalued Property In Cuyahoga County
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Cuyahoga Median Home Prices 2000 – 2013
Residential 1-3 Family properties with no Sheriff Sale in the chain of title since 1995. Source: NEO CANDO at Case Western Reserve University
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The Consequences Of Housing Market Decline
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Decreased Home Sale Prices= Lost Homeowner Equity
Source: NEO CANDO at Case Western Reserve University.
CuyahogaHigh - 2007 2013
$ 133,000 $ 112,000 -16%
ClevelandHigh - 2006 2013
$ 88,500 $ 35,000 -60%
Cleveland East Side
High - 2006 2013
$ 85,000 $ 22,000 -74%
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Shift of Tax Burden to Outer Suburbs
• Blighted property in distressed Cleveland neighborhoods and inner-ring suburbs has caused property owners in the rest of the county to pay a larger share of property tax.
• $45 Million in tax burden has shifted to other suburbs.
Thomas and Gillespie. “The Cost of Vacancy - Everyone Pays”. Thriving Communities Institute (March 2014).
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Tale of Two Houses2616 E. 114th Street - New home built by Buckeye Area Development Corporation in 2004. Cost - $141,000. Appraised value in 2014 is $71,900.
2620 E. 114th – foreclosed by Wells Fargo then sold to an investor who did nothing. Eventually condemned by the City of Cleveland.
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Tools For Market Stabilization and Recovery
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NEO CANDO Data System• The NEO CANDO data system at Case Western Reserve University is widely recognized as the premier property data system in the United States.
• Used by Municipal, County, and Federal offices as well as non-profit community development organizations.• Track housing trends• Plan new programs• Strategic interventions• Individual property investigation
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Cuyahoga Land Bank
• Since its inception in 2009 the County Land Bank has emerged as the primary tool for housing market stabilization and recovery in Cuyahoga County.
• Acquire problem properties, assess them, and steer them to beneficial outcomes that support market stabilization and recovery.
• 2500 blighted homes removed
• 819 blighted homes renovated
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Board of Revision Tax Foreclosure
• Exclusively for vacant abandoned property
• More efficient and faster foreclosure – lessens harmful impact of abandoned property
• Effectiveness greatly enhanced when the Cuyahoga Land Bank came into existence in 2009.
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Fraud and Code Enforcement Prosecution• Frontline tools for combatting irresponsible trading and flipping
of blighted property.• Aggressive code enforcement has been used effectively by
inner ring suburbs - Shaker Hts., South Euclid, Parma and others.
• The Cleveland Housing Court is considered one of the most effective in the United States.
• Cuyahoga Prosecutors and the Cleveland Building & Housing Department have aggressively pursued illegal investors.
• “The word is out among our investor colleagues – stay out of Cleveland.” Harvard study interview with out-of-state investor.
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Housing Renovation• Housing renovation is challenged by depressed home sale prices.
• Still, home renovation has continued as noted below.
• Housing Production 2009 – 2013• 1,093 City of Cleveland Single Family• 2,227 City of Cleveland Multifamily• 819 Cuyahoga Land Bank Single Family
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Land Bank Renovations Map
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Demolition• In markets with depressed home sale prices, demolition
is the most cost effective means of removing market-crippling blight and combatting “blight flight”.
• “Estimating the Effect of Demolishing Distressed Structures in Cleveland, 2009-2013”, Nigel Griswold (2014). Key findings include:• Distressed properties negatively impact property values and
homeowner equity.• Turning distressed structures into vacant lots provides a
hedge against loss of equity and value.• Demolition activity is beneficial in lowering mortgage
foreclosure rates.
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For further information contact
Frank Ford, Senior Policy Advisor
Thriving Communities Institute
2012 W. 25th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
1-216-407-4156