City Pulse reported last month that the city was making progress on red-tagged properties — but slowly. Additionally, it reported that a $165 monthly monitoring fee for red-tagged properties was being applied even when owners were making measurable improvements. Dale Schrader, one such owner, is being charged the fee despite putting $150,000 and years of his time into a house and never encountering an inspector.
City Council President Ryan Kost is working on getting fee breaks to people who just bought or are making tangible restoration efforts, he said.
City Pulse asked mayoral and Council candidates how the city could get red-tagged units back on the market more quickly amid a housing shortage, as well as about the monitoring fee…