Why has no city official even provided us with an update about what is being done about this property????

Chris,
I have been speaking and negotiating with this property owner. A Housing Code Order has been issued. The next step would be to pursue a warrant. Before this happens, I have given the owner until the end of the month to completely clean up his property. I you have any question, I believe you have my email and number, fell free to call me directly.

Thanks for the public update.

OK, so there's always another side to a story. Another neighbor tells me that the owner is living on the first floor, not basement, he has electricity & running water, he is physically handicapped, is living on social security, has mental health problems. Obviously he's not going to be able to clean the place up.
So, property still is a hazard & eyesore. How can this be fixed without owner landing in prison or on the street?

My understanding was that owner had until end of August to clean up. I just checked it out, only noticeable difference is that doors that were lying on porch are gone. Everything else unchanged. Could LCI please give us a public update on this site. Thanks.

The owner has cleaned out his front porch and some large items and debris from his yard. I am still working with him to ensure he continues to clean up.

At some point this is going to require some expenditure of money: either by owner [not a possibility], city [with lien], or charitable org. He can't put junked vehicles and hazardous waste out for Wednesday morning trash pickup.

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Actually, I rarely go down that part of Greenwich Av, so was not aware [or had forgotten] about the problem with this property. I was asked by FOUR people who live within one block of said property, [but who, at least at that time, were not comfortable with using this site] if I could do something. So I posted for them. I don't see how that can be considered a "hobby". I do know that some people like to post under a pseudonym as a hobby.

I'm re-posting, since "milicent q peabody" [who stated that I "need a hobby"--see my response above] destroyed the City Point watch area. So I've re-created it & wanted to make sure everyone saw my response.

I am very concerned about vacant house at 70 72 Fifth Street. Holding company not tending the site
house deteriorating day by day

76 Fifth street pit bull still barking all night despite numerous complaints to owner , police and
animal shelter, doesn't anyone else out there hear it yapping incessantly Bad enough construction noise disturbs sleep but this adds insult to injury

I'm going to have to jump in on this one. First of all, the purpose of this site is to report problems, not to engage in petulant name calling and arguing. Chris Schaefer has always been a valuable resource in our neighborhood,......so I would like to cordially invite "millicent peabody" to find alternative forms of recreation other than name calling a well-liked neighbor. However, I do have to say the following: it appears as if Kris Sainsbury started this whole mess with her accusations in regard to Joel Cabala. Kris Sainsbury as actually the neighbor that informed everyone that Cabala is living in the house without electricity, and that is false. It would seem to me that if I were to hear about a neighbor with no running water or electricity, my first inclination would be to ask how could I help, certainly not how to bring more pain to the homeowner. If Kris Sainsbury is so concerned about cleaning up that block, she should spend her time cleaning up the illegal auto repair that takes place right across the street from her own property at 212 Greenwich.......for almost 20 years that house has caused traffic to close down, there are numerous police reports in regard to a whole basket of crimes to long to list here.....and so, here is a summary. We all like Chris Schaefer, Joel Cabala does have a legitimate injury and is disabled, and should be afforded additional time to clean up the property, and if Kris Sainsbury has cabin fever and is looking for a task, she look no farther than the illegal auto repair right outside her front door. car parts and tools in the street at least 5 days out of the week.

Hi Paula,
I actually raised the "Other side of the story" issue about a month ago [see above]: the need to clean up this property [both hazardous and eyesore] BUT not cause disabled owner to end up homeless or arrested. My comment of 10 days ago [see above] mentions need for city to intervene [e.g. tow away junked vehicles, remove hazardous waste] AND/OR for a charitable organization to assist. Could LCI give us a more specific posting re. what is going on? Thanks.
Re. the issues at 212 Greenwich, 70-72 Fifth, 76 Fifth,
please post those as new issues. They're less likely to be dealt with when lumped under the posting re. 179-181 Greenwich.
If anyone needs help posting issues, email me or send message via Facebook and I'll walk you through it. [Ben Berkowitz, administrator of SeeClickFix tells me they're about to launch a more user-friendly version of this site.]

Thanks, Chris. Joel Cabala has made decent progress in regard to the property, and has plans to continue. Keep up the good work.

go to CityofNewHaven.com, at top click CITY DEPARTMENTS, then "City/Town Clerk". Scroll down page and click "Code of General Ordinances". At bottom of next page under "New Ordinances on the Web!" click Ordinance No. 1599 = complete text of new antiblight ordinance. You'll see that there is no resolution for this particular property [due to owner's personal situation] that is both short-term & charitable. Complicating the city's options is the fact that non-municipal liens have been placed on the property as recently as 2 months ago. We have more pressing issues on this street that need to be dealt with...