Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

SCHENECTADY — Christopher Lunn was hired five years ago by Mayor Gary McCarthy to overhaul the then-beleaguered code enforcement bureau that was reeling from a fatal high-rise apartment building blaze ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With some of the oldest housing stock in the country, the Buffalo Common Council is proposing some changes to step up property maintenance and code enforcement. For Buffalo Common ...

Columbus City Council updated city code at the end of June to make it easier to have a pollinator garden. Still, some homeowners growing native plants are facing code violations. City officials say ...

A bill passed by the Florida Legislature would, if made law, renew discussion in Volusia County about requiring code enforcement officers to wear body cameras. In Volusia County, code enforcement ...

Code enforcement issues remain one of the top frustrations for residents of Lehigh Acres. At our fourth WINK Listens event, neighbors expressed concerns about overgrown trees, clogged culverts, ...

A branch of the American Civil Liberties Union sued Sonoma County Wednesday over what the civil rights organization called the “runaway” and unconstitutional use of drone surveillance in the county’s ...