Near Shaker Square - on the City of Cleveland side of Shaker Square (Shaker Square is on the border line between the City of Shaker Heights and City of Cleveland) runs East 130th Street. On each side of East 130 are 4 story apartment buildings - about 1/2of the buildings are vacant. No lights on, no trash out on the curb on pick up day. That means the place is empty of tenants.
Go into Dave's Supermarket from their rear parking lot - at night. You'll see.
Mark Naymik, reporting on NEOMG (on line version of the Dirty Dealer) [1] suggests that the owners of apartment building's in the Shaker Square area need to get their properties into shape. Mark appears to advocate a HEAVY HAND - landlords need to respond NOW to the Authorities. Code Enforcement!
This is a very complex, multi-faceted, interconnected issue.
I don't believe the HEAVY HAND is the solution. In fact, it is the wrong move....
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I can't imagine being a landlord at the Shaker Square nexus. Tough. Broke. dangerous. Old buildings. Throw the code at me?
Who's goina pay the rent timely, Mark? Real estate taxes in Cuyahoga County are crazy?
Mark, have you ever interviewed prospective tenants? Questions about references, job, weekly income, bank, blah, blah, blah....
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so if you go after the owner of the apartment in a heavy handed manner, what is that limply responding owner gonna do? Gunna bail like the other landlords on E 130. None of these buildings have any value. ZERO.
Go look Mark. If there are a bunch of empty apts on 130th, what leverage does anynone have over owners/landlords on East Moreland?
So how is the City of Cleveland and the City of Shaker Heights going to resolve this vacant, worthless apartment issue?
SAY JOBS. Not enought local well paying jobs.
The landlord didn't cause the problem.
The problem is bigger than OHIO.
What's the answer, folks?
Not shoot the landlord....
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