Mount Vernon, NY used BuildingBlocks to discover bank-foreclosed properties with unpermitted repairs

Mount Vernon, NY bank-foreclosed property monitoring

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The City of Mount Vernon is using Tolemi's BuildingBlocks to proactively identify and catalog "zombie" homes vacated in the middle of the foreclosure process. The Owner Profile consolidated the history of bank-foreclosed properties across departmental systems including outstanding taxes, code violations, permits, and public safety incidents. The Owner Profile helped the city discover and monitor poorly maintained properties with unpermitted renovations.

Permitting & Licensing Code Enforcement Facilities Management Property Assessment Building

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Governments Involved

Mount Vernon, NY

United States

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Tolemi BuildingBlocks

BuildingBlocks is a map-based application that connects and updates data held in different systems and formats across departments & agencies

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Mount Vernon, NY - Tolemi

Mount Vernon takes the fight to “zombie” homes with Building Blocks

Project Succeeded

The Owner Profile tool, unique to BuildingBlocks, enabled the City to to identify and curb bad actors who regularly do poor or un-permitted renovation work. Armed with a data driven approach, the City was able to formulate strategies for bringing these properties back to productive use.

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