Substandard Housing
Thursday, October 15
On Demand
Substandard housing is the lesser-known, but deadlier housing crisis. Local agencies are under increasing pressure to ensure safe housing conditions for tenants and neighbors alike. This course will survey the range of laws governing substandard housing and will include an in-depth discussion of tools available to cities and counties to deal with substandard housing, including relocation laws. Attendees should take away a strong understanding of the laws governing substandard housing and the tools they can take back to their jurisdiction to effectively and efficiently abate this problem.
Matthew Silver, Attorney at Law for Silver & Wright, LLP
Matthew R. Silver is a Partner in the boutique law firm of Silver & Wright LLP. Mr. Silver’s practice areas include transactional and litigation experience in code enforcement, receiverships, land use, police services, and zoning and planning laws. He has extensive experience in the courtroom in both civil and criminal litigation, having handled hundreds of cases from inception to resolution, including appeals in State Court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. His experience includes receiverships over substandard and blighted properties, civil, criminal and administrative enforcement of municipal codes and State laws, red light and drug abatements, defending appeals of administrative decisions in Superior Court, and working with clients to develop efficient and effective systems for enforcing their municipal codes.
As a member of CACEO, Mr. Silver has attended numerous events as both an attendee and presenter/instructor for a variety of courses and has been dedicated to the education of code enforcement officers and the continuity of the CACEO program. He has also worked tirelessly over several years to introduce, draft and see through State legislation benefiting the code enforcement profession and code enforcement officers themselves. Mr. Silver has been involved in local government nearly his entire legal career. In addition, Mr. Silver was honored to receive several awards for heroism from his hometown, County, State and the U.S. House of Representatives stemming from an event in 2001.
