Housing code helps but repair delays linger in southeast side
Neighborhood activists credit a housing code with improving dilapidated rental properties, yet vacant absentee-owned houses remain a threat. City officials note most issues are repairable, while critics push for incentives to fix up or replace failing rental stock and curb group homes.
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Nancy Stevens
Jazette
Mto
Housing Inspection Services
Terry Steinbach
Coe-Mount Vernon
Second Ave
United Federal Savings and Loan
William Hennessey and Son
Sixth Ave
Chase Fund
Iowa City
Fourth Ave
Richard Raymon
Fifth Ave
Erin Leasing Company
Gregory Stokesberry
Steinbach
CCI
Brent Vanderlinden
FHA
Residents Press After New House Repair Delays
Neighbors, led by WAG president Rene Meseraull, complain about Mike Ray’s Sixth Ave SE project which left the house raised on blocks with partial framing. Inspectors found a bowing main beam but no violations beyond a foundation permit. Ray says delays stem from four failed contractors and aims to finish siding and basement work this fall.
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Sixth Ave. SE
Dwight Finken
Iowa City
Finken
Mike Ray
Ray
WAG
Rene Meseraull
Sixth Ave
Meseraull
City Building Department
Housing Inspection Services Department
Herman Frueh
Frueh
Meserauli
America
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