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City Of New Orleans

1/31/2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BLIGHTED PROPERTIES TO BE AUCTIONED IN FEBRUARY

NEW ORLEANS, LA—In keeping with Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s commitment to eradicate 10,000 blighted or vacant properties by 2014, over 20 blighted properties will be up for sale at four Sheriff sale auctions on February 2, February 9, February 16, and February 23, 2012. The auctions will take place at 12 noon in the first floor lobby of the Civil District Court.

The Landrieu administration has prioritized code lien foreclosure Sheriff sale auctions in its blight eradication strategy as it is the most cost-effective way to seize and then return blighted properties back into commerce. Unlike tax sales and sales of adjudicated properties, Sheriff sales have no redemptive period.

The starting bid for each property is generally two-thirds of its appraised value. Upon successfully bidding on the property, the successful bidder must immediately provide the Sheriff’s office ten percent (10%) of the purchase price paid in cash, money order, cashiers or certified check (no personal checks are accepted), plus their name, address, phone number, marital status and social security number.

“We continue to make great progress in our fight against blight by auctioning off these blighted properties,” said Mayor Landrieu. “Sheriff’s sales are a really important tool for us in both bringing properties back into commerce and for collecting blight liens.”

It has been just over one year since Mayor Landrieu announced a new, aggressive blight strategy aimed at reducing blighted properties by 10,000 by 2014.  Since then, the City has conducted over 28,000 inspections, demolished 2,280 blighted units, moved over 1000 properties to code lien foreclosure, and collected over $1.5 million in blight liens and fines. The City has also held nearly 30 BlightStat performance management meetings.

For more questions about the Sheriff sale process and photos of the properties (when available), please visit www.civilsheriff.com. The City also maintains a list of properties set for sale, which can be viewed at data.nola.gov.

The following properties will be auctioned in February:

February 2:

4408-10 S. Carrollton

3727-29 Constance

617 Tupelo

2733-35 St. Peter

3533 Danneel

1624 Deslonde



February 9:

4848 Bonita

4808 Dodt

3500 Cecil

4533 Skyview

2825-27 Spain

4545 Downman

1941 N. Johnson

4001 McFarland

1217-19 Nunez

3625 N. Galvez

432 S. Scott

11289 Waverly

3327-29 Annunciation



February 16:

1443 N. Roman

3611 Marais

2701 S. Liberty

2226 Franklin



February 23:

7580 Pineridge Ct.

812-14 Forstall

1620 Farragut

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Mayor’s Press Office
1300 Perdido Street,
Suite 2E04
New Orleans,
Louisiana 70112.

Page last updated: January 31, 2012

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