Synopsis
OHARP is a statewide proposal addressing vacant, abandoned, and poorly managed rental property through landlord accountability, vacancy taxation, affordable-housing incentives, community revitalization, and centralized enforcement infrastructure.
The problem it responds to
Absentee ownership, weak enforcement, prolonged vacancy, and fragmented property records allow housing deterioration to impose costs on tenants and communities while owners remain insulated from local consequences.
What the work contributes
- Requires out-of-area landlords to appoint accountable local agents and register properties annually.
- Creates an escalating vacancy tax with exemptions for active sale or permitted rehabilitation.
- Directs revenue toward rental assistance, affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and blight rehabilitation.
- Supports community land trusts, adaptive reuse, small-business projects, and historic preservation.
- Proposes a statewide rental registry and stronger enforcement coordination.
Development
- Developed as a structured statewide housing proposal.
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