Blighted Property Committee Seeks Appraisers In Warminster

WARMINSTER, PA —The township's Blighted Property Review Committee is now accepting proposals and quotes after just naming members to the board a few weeks ago.

Township Manager Tom Scott said that the township is seeking state board-certified real estate appraisal firms in the Philadelphia area to submit quotes.

Warminster Township is developing a blight remediation process for single-family residential properties in conjunction with the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority.

Township Supervisors Katherine Frescatore and Janice Charlton are co-chairing the committee. They were named to the committee at a supervisors' meeting earlier this month.

Scott said the goal of the process is to remove "abandoned, neglected, and unsanitary properties" from township neighborhoods under the state's urban development statute.

Interested parties should submit quotes to Scott at townshipmanager@warminsterpa.org.

Long-time resident Jane Taylor is also on the committee. A planning board member is expected to be named to the committee at its April supervisors' meeting.

Supervisor Judy Hoover had said at the last meeting that the township has experienced a safety issue with blight where squatters sit in homes and have even parked vehicles on lawns.

Charlton told Patch that she has compiled a list of 11 blighted properties so far.