The Slum Task Forces were formed to deal with blighted properties that attract crime and contribute to the deterioration of communities, severely impacting the quality of life of our citizens. These Task Forces, chaired by the Community Action Bureau (CAB), consist of city and county agencies working together in a proactive, preventative approach to dealing with slum problems.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office helped pass statewide legislation which requires residential property owners who own rental property in Arizona to register their name, address and phone number with the County Assessor’s Office in the county in which the property is located. This has proved invaluable in locating out of state owners of slum properties who sometimes don’t want to be found. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office also helped pass a tough state criminal abatement law that put the responsibility on property owners to take reasonable steps to deter repeated crime on their properties.

Objective criteria are used to determine which properties should be placed on these lists, including number of police calls and past and present building and health code violations on the properties. The current Glendale Rental Improvement Program and Goodyear Action Team Property Compliance Project lists are at the bottom of this page as well as a list of properties that have been successfully rehabilitated. Since 1998, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has coordinated the successful rehabilitation of over 50 slum properties.

Available for download: Residential Landlord & Tenant Act, Anti-Slum Packet