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Address: 1531 Republic St., Over-the-Rhine
Owner: Northern Liberties Corporation, a subsidiary of Hart Realty
Purchase date: March 1, 1984
Current value: $14,700, according to the Hamilton County Auditor
Square feet: 1,980, including three bedrooms and three full bathrooms
Year built: 1870
Comments: While most of the housing units owned by Hart Realty are part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 program, 100 buildings, including this one, are not subsidized.
Tom Denhart, owner of Hart Realty, is liquidating most of his low-income housing empire through federal bankruptcy court.
Last year, Denhart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for 25 of his partnerships, accounting for 201 buildings and 1,089 apartments. His vacant lots and buildings are part of the sale.
Denhart declined to comment on the condition of this building.
BLIGHT OF THE WEEK is an effort to highlight the problem of abandoned buildings — and who’s responsible for them.
This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2002.
