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Cleveland Housing Court victim restitution generates few participants
Court gave homeowners a chance to seek damages from negligent property owners.
by WKSU's KEVIN NIEDERMIER


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Kevin Niedermier
 
Courtesy of City of Cleveland
In The Region:
There was a small turnout in Cleveland housing court today of potential victims seeking restitution from negligent property owners. Using Ohio's crime victim restitution law, Judge Raymond Pianka allowed homeowners near two notoriously neglected houses to claim damages. The program is considered to be the only one of its kind, but it did not generate much interest.
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East 173rd Street resident Johnellen Collins explains how abandoned, neglected house next to her's has hurt her property value and made her feel unsafe.
Listening is Cleveland Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka.
The owner of this abandoned house on Cleveland's East 173rd St. could pay restitution to 3
next door home owners if Housing Judge Raymond Pianka decides the negelected property caused them economic loss.
The owner of the house on the right, Johnellen Collins, testified that the abandoned house 2 door down has hurt her property value and is a safety hazard.
This vacant E. 173rd St. house is across the street
from Collins.  Lawyers for the owner of the other abandoned house says it's not possible to determine which negelected property has caused Collins' property value to drop.
Right now, only individual homeowners are eligible to seek damages from the negelected property owners. But Cleveland Assistant Prosecutor Karen Lynn (r) says the city wants to claim restitution as well. Attorney James Costello represents the owner of another abandoned property targeted by Pianka.  He says the city cannot use the Ohio victim compensation law.
Pianka told the attorneys to write briefs
on why or why not the law would apply to the city and return to court September 16th.

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