WHAT WE DO
Moving Mountains
As of January 2017, there are new initiatives to enforce pre-existing property maintenance codes in Chattanooga and Northeast Georgia. New code enforcement officers have been appointed by city and county officials.
Penalties for code violations are initial fines of up to $1,000 dollars. If no progress is made 30 days after the first visit from a code enforcement officer, daily fees of $10 - $1,000 are charged, as well as any court costs incurred. |
Many people who have been visited by code enforcement officers are poor, elderly, or disabled. Their money is spent on rent, mortgages, electricity, water, and food. They have no resources left to comply with property codes, or pay the applicable fines.
In response to this need, Project 52 has partnered with city and county officials to help bring properties up to code. When enforcement officers have cases involving the poor, elderly, or disabled, they notify Project 52, and we assist in the clean up process.
This includes: 1. Renting 30-yard dumpsters. 2. Filling the dumpsters, and properly disposing of their contents. 3. Developing relationships with clients in need. |
PAST PROJECTS
COVENANT COLLEGEDuring Covenant College's freshman orientation week, 2017, over 300 students partnered with Project 52 to fill dumpsters all around Walker County.
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SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLSFor one week the summer of 2017, sixty-six middle school students came from across the southern US to help Walker County residents get their properties up to code.
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