Monthly Archives: February 2016
Register Vacant Property: It’s The Law
Under Article VI of the Housing Code, The City of Atlanta’s Code Enforcement Section of the Atlanta Police Department requires that all vacant properties be registered. Owners have 60 days from the date in which the property becomes vacant to register the property, 90 days to register a transferred vacant property. Registration is $100.00 per vacant real property.
Rep. Loudermilk Supports Plaintiffs Against EPA in Clean Power Plan Case
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on Congressional Republicans’ amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in support of the plaintiffs in State of West Virginia et al v. EP
Carter Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Halt President’s War on Coal
Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (Ga-01) released the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to halt a controversial energy rule proposed in the Obama Administration’s climate agenda:
EPA Hosts Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group Meeting in Atlanta to address Concerns in...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Meeting (EJ IWG) on Thursday, February 18, 2016 in the Sam Nunn Federal Building in Atlanta, GA. The EJ IWG will bring together a host of federal, state, and local agencies, along with community residents and other key stakeholders to specifically focus on issues affecting the North Birmingham area
Households Should Be Prepared, Winterize Your Pipes
The frigid weather entering the region and lasting through the weekend makes household pipes and WSSC pipes – especially the older ones -- vulnerable to breaks and leaks
U.S. Supreme Court Halts EPA’s Unlawful Power Plan
Attorney General Sam Olens offered the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its illegal and unprecedented Power Plan until the court challenge concludes.
Mayor Kasim Reed Celebrates the Groundbreaking of New Residential Housing in the Heart of...
Mayor Kasim Reed today joined Post Properties President and CEO Dave Stockert, Invest Atlanta President and CEO Dr. Eloisa Klementich, CEcD and Atlanta City Councilmember Cleta Winslow to celebrate the groundbreaking of Post Centennial Park, Atlanta’s first downtown apartment property built in the past 20 years for young professionals and families.
Attorney General Sam Olens Reaches $470 Million Joint State-Federal Settlement with HSBC to Address...
Attorney General Sam Olens today announced a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses.The settlement provides direct payments to Georgia borrowers for past foreclosure abuses, loan modifications and other relief for borrowers in need of assistance, rigorous mortgage servicing standards, and grants oversight authority to an independent monitor
Two Georgia Real Estate Investors Indicted for Bid Rigging and Bank Fraud at Public...
A federal grand jury in Atlanta charged in separate indictments two real estate investors with bid rigging and bank fraud related to public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Justice Department announced today
