legal-terms real-estate
What do you call it when the management of properties is transferred due to negligence?
<p>When the owner of a property or properties fails to take proper care of said properties, the state or municipality may take over management of the properties by force. What is the legal term for this?</p>

<p><strong>What is the legal term for this?</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Compulsory Purchase Order</strong></p>
<p>See <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1957/56/section/12/enacted" rel="nofollow noreferrer">s.12 of the Housing Act 1957</a>:</p>
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<p>Where a person has appealed against a notice under this Part of this Act requiring the execution of works to a house, and the judge or court in allowing the appeal has found that the house cannot be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense, <strong>the local authority may purchase that house by agreement or may be authorised by the Minister to purchase it compulsorily</strong>; and <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1957/56/schedule/FIRST/enacted" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the First Schedule to this Act</a> shall apply in relation to a compulsory purchase under this section.</p>
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<p>There are multiple terms for different variants on this fact pattern. There is also considerable regional variation in local practice regarding what this is called.</p>
<p>Global assumption of management of property by someone other than the owner pursuant to court order because the owner has neglected obligations related to a property is frequently called a &quot;<strong>receivership</strong>&quot; and is usually temporary until there is a foreclosure of the property, or until defaults in the owner's obligations are cured. The receiver's expenses are typically taken out of the revenue generated by the property, if any, and if none, are billed to the owner or taken out of the proceeds of a foreclosure sale.</p>
<p>In bankruptcy, and less frequently, in other circumstances, a &quot;<strong>trustee</strong>&quot; or &quot;<strong>custodian</strong>&quot; or &quot;<strong>conservator</strong>&quot; or &quot;<strong>administrator</strong>&quot; is appointed to manage the property (outside of bankruptcy, these terms are more often used when property is neglected due to the owner's incapacity, death, or disappearance without explanation).</p>
<p>In a more piecemeal fashion, sometimes a government has the authority, for example, to mow your lawn at your expense if you fail to do so to the extent required by a municipal ordinance. This is sometimes called an &quot;<strong>assessment</strong>&quot; or &quot;<strong>special assessment</strong>&quot; although there are other names for it as well that aren't coming to mind at the moment. These assessments typically then become liens against the property.</p>
