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Paducah Property Owners - City Foreclosure & Demolition Actions

Paducah went from ~50 foreclosures a year to reporting 509 in 2024 — and City officials have openly talked about using foreclosure to “gain possession” of properties. What is going on? i’ve been digging through City of Paducah records and found something that I think more property owners need to be asking questions about. Paducah’s own budget materials report: 2022: 55 foreclosures initiated 2023: 51 foreclosures initiated 2024: 509 foreclosures initiated Unless there is a reporting/definition change or typo that needs explaining, that is roughly a10X increase in a single year. It gets more interesting when you look at what the City itself has said about foreclosure and redevelopment. Paducah planning materials have described“aggressive foreclosure and demolition efforts”as a way“to facilitate redevelopment and productive re-use of properties within the city.” Then look at the Katterjohn Building at 1501 Broadway. After code enforcement, a City-hired engineer’s structural assessment, condemnation and emergency demolition, City Manager Daron Jordan publicly said the City was working with its legal team: “to go through the foreclosure process to gain possession”of the property. The City ultimately acquired the property, the remaining building was demolished, and the cleared site was later offered for redevelopment. I’m not claiming that 509 properties were illegally taken, and I want to know whether the509 figure represents 509 actual foreclosure proceedings or some change in how the City reports the number. But going from roughly 50 initiated foreclosures per year to a reported509, while the City simultaneously describes “aggressive foreclosure and demolition” as part of its redevelopment strategy, deserves some public scrutiny. Does anyone here own property in Paducah that has been subjected to City code-enforcement liens, condemnation, demolition orders or foreclosure? Has anyone had the City initiate foreclosure over code-enforcement liens or demolition costs? I’d especially like to hear from property owners who have documentation, court case numbers, notices or firsthand experience. Where did these 509 foreclosure cases go, and how many ultimately resulted in the City acquiring the property? what is mayor bray doing

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