Code Enforcement 2016 Annual Report

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2016 Annual Report— Department of Code Enforcement 11 Housing Data and Analysis Housing Data 2014 2015 2016 New Housing Cases New Housing Cases 513 634 682 Secure Orders Issued 222 187 128 There were 682 new housing cases opened in 2016; an increase of 8% Closed Housing Cases 1,375 1,016 889 compared to last year. Housing Hearings 957 1,053 893 New V&A Properties 240 99 83 The number of secure orders issued continues to decrease. This is Identified likely as a result of fewer vacant and abandoned properties (i.e.fewer Vacant& V&A Cases Closed 477 466 187 Abandoned Demolished by City 295 257 110 properties needing boarded). Demolished by Activity 8 8 0 Private A total of 889 housing cases were resolved in 2016; 12.5% lower than Repaired by Private 141 172 73 last year. This is largely due to the completion of the Vacant and Repaired& 33 29 4 Occupied by Private Abandoned Initiative in 2015. Housing Cases: Days Active Opened vs.Closed within Same Year Total #Closed %Closed Code Enforcement has been working diligently to reduce the average cases w/in Year w/in Year number of days a housing case remains active (i.e. how quickly we are able Opened 2006 928 354 38% to encourage owners to bring their properties within compliance). The table 2007 860 307 36% "Opened vs. Closed within Same Year"shows how many cases have been 2008 1064 311 29% 2009 908 214 24% opened and closed within the same year. For the past 10 years,we have 2010 695 195 28% averaged 33% of all cases opened in one year being closed out in the same 2011 874 322 1 37% year. In 2016 we were above that average with 37%of housing cases 2012 910 319 35% 2013 863 268 31% opened in 2016 being resolved in 2016 (252 cases of 682 opened). 2014 513 172 34% 2015 634 206 32% "Cumulative Days Active to Date" looks at the average number of days a case 2016 682 252 37% was/has remained open as of 12/31/16 (if not closed). This includes cases that are still open dating back to as early as 1998. This is Cumulative Days Active to Date Total Average #of Active Average helpful in understanding what our historical averages are and if our Average to Days until cases Days averages for the amount of time it takes to close a case are Date closed Remaining Active improving. Looking at the cumulative data,there is a continued 2006 1,109 1,055 25 3,839 decrease in the number of average days it takes to close a case. The 2007 1,103 1,046 34 3,434 2008 1,100 1,037 1 60 3,074 average number of days active is not worthy of analyzing since more 2009 1,086 1,022 42 2,750 recent years will obviously have fewer days active. 2010 1,068 1,003 34 2,366 2011 1,049 980 101 1,957 2012 1,027 954 170 1,661 2013 1,003 930 1761 1,279 2014 986 914 135 899 2015 961 897 271 1 531 2016 929 884 403 168 1300 County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, IN 46601 Rev.M13.10.17