Comments on: Pollitt neighbors want tax break http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ilah http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/comment-page-1/#comment-16956 Ilah Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:57:17 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/#comment-16956 "What will happen when other registries go online? Will it just suppress the housing market as a whole? While prices go down across the board? Or will people remember that ex-convicts have always lived amongst us and move on? What else can be done?" There was a study done (danged if I can find it now, of course) that tracked the impact of nearby sex offenders on housing prices. IIRC, there was a 4% to 6% drop in price. With about 1 in 500 folks currently a registered sex offender, and assuming current laws remain in place, I suspect the impact will get smaller over time. “What will happen when other registries go online? Will it just suppress the housing market as a whole? While prices go down across the board? Or will people remember that ex-convicts have always lived amongst us and move on? What else can be done?”

There was a study done (danged if I can find it now, of course) that tracked the impact of nearby sex offenders on housing prices. IIRC, there was a 4% to 6% drop in price.

With about 1 in 500 folks currently a registered sex offender, and assuming current laws remain in place, I suspect the impact will get smaller over time.

]]> By: Ilah http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/comment-page-1/#comment-16955 Ilah Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:51:37 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/#comment-16955 What is CT law on pshycologically affected properties? In a case with different--thought related--circumstances, a family in California sued the sex offender from whom they'd purchased a house for failing disclose his status. The family claimed they had been traumatized and needed counseling to deal with the mental impact of discovery, and with the fear that vigilanties would come to their home. The case was tossed. What is CT law on pshycologically affected properties?

In a case with different–thought related–circumstances, a family in California sued the sex offender from whom they’d purchased a house for failing disclose his status. The family claimed they had been traumatized and needed counseling to deal with the mental impact of discovery, and with the fear that vigilanties would come to their home. The case was tossed.

]]> By: SPO http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/comment-page-1/#comment-16821 SPO Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:50:09 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/02/21/pollitt-neighbors-want-tax-break/#comment-16821 If Ct's property taxes are based on market (or some facsimile thereof), these people have a point. A sex offender living next door to you DOES reduce the value of your home. And why should they continue to pay the same rate of tax? It's a legitimate beef. If Ct’s property taxes are based on market (or some facsimile thereof), these people have a point. A sex offender living next door to you DOES reduce the value of your home. And why should they continue to pay the same rate of tax? It’s a legitimate beef.

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