City of Milwaukee - File #: 221501

• File #: 221501
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 1/17/2023
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to monitoring living conditions, code compliance, code enforcement and neighborhood impact of certain rental properties by various City departments.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/31/2023	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
1/23/2023	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
1/17/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
221501
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to monitoring living conditions, code compliance, code enforcement and neighborhood impact of certain rental properties by various City departments.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Neighborhood Services to convene a working group of representatives from the:

1. Department of Public Works.
2. Department of City Development.
3. City Attorney’s Office.
4. Police Department.
5. Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee.

This working group shall:

1. Monitor residential rental properties owned or managed by Berrada Properties Management, Inc. within the city of Milwaukee.
2. Develop and implement strategies to remediate any substandard conditions observed in living conditions, code compliance, code enforcement and negative impacts of these properties on their neighborhoods.

The resolution designates the Department of Neighborhood Services to chair this working group and to coordinate efforts of working group members to address and remediate substandard conditions in residential rental properties owned or managed by Berrada Properties Management, Inc., and its affiliates, within the city of Milwaukee and to serve as a clearing house for aldermanic and citizen complaints regarding these properties.

The resolution also directs the Department of Neighborhood Services to report the activities of this working group to the Common Council quarterly.
Body
Whereas, Berrada Properties Management, Inc. is reported to own or manage approximately 8,000 residential rental units in Milwaukee located primarily in multi-family buildings; and

Whereas, These rental units are primarily located in areas of the City characterized by low median household incomes and concentrations of people of color; and

Whereas, Berrada Property Management has been the subject of several recent news reports describing substandard living conditions in rental pro...