Community Safety Paper Series. Leveraging Code Enforcement for Neighborhood Safety: Insights for Community Developers
Date Published: 06/20/2007
Author: Joseph Schilling - Virginia Tech School of Urban Affairs and Planning; Elizabeth Schilling - Director of Communications at Urban Associates
Publisher: LISC
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Drawing on the best-practice strategies employed by winners of the MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership Awards over the last five years, this paper leads safety practitioners through the process of neighborhood revitalization through a focus on code enforcement. By partnering with law enforcement agencies and code enforcement agencies, community developers can effectively rid an area of problem properties, reduce magnets for crime and establish neighborhoods as a safe and healthy place to invest.
Topics: Economic Development & Safety, --Community Safety
Type: Case study / model practice, Guidebook