A 1947 topographic map of the Reading, Pennsylvania area. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
With less than two weeks left to go, the city’s amnesty program for overdue rental housing fees and quality-of-life fines has reached $351,000, or about 70 percent of its goal, codes manager Ron Natale said Monday.
The offer that began in mid-December ends Feb. 15, and property owners who don’t contact the city by then will be turned over to its new collection firm, Harrisburg-based National Recovery Agency, Natale told City Council.
The city has about $2.8 million in delinquent quality-of-life fines and rental housing fees from 22,000 unpaid bills. Officials had hoped to collect about $500,000 of that with the amnesty program, which waives penalties and late fees if the property owners pay the original amounts.
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