Cities will sometimes fine the owner for this. If no owner(bank owned) it will attach to the property taxes. Also if no one comes to pick it up the city may, then attach those charges to the property tax.
If it is a rental the owner has to pay. There is a rental house near me. I found the owner on-line through the property tax records and called him and complained and told him I also called the city. He said he was fined for it and is having trash hauled away the next day. I think he was a younger guy that got in over his head buying and renting a distressed property. I did mention I didn't like that rental properties never care for their yard, let weeds grow, looks a mess. I asked him how would he like it if he had these type of houses near him, yes mam, I wouldn't like it either.

I think he was upset that I actually called him at first. How did I get his phone #. I told him it was public record and look his name up in the phone directory.

with the state of the economy this is happening more and more. in an eviction they may force you out of the house, along with your belongings. but many folks today simply take what they need/can and leave the rest for the bank to deal with. maybe the bank piled it up for normal trash pickup and it was just more than the city would haul off, who knows.

i know that if i were foreclosed on and forced from my home i would simply leave anything i could not take/did not want/need anymore. why should i go thru the effort to clean out the house that is no longer mine? and no, i am not being foreclosed on nor close to being in danger of it yet.

You are not going to believe this! Today the house that is 2 houses on down from the Mt. Trashmore house has its own Mt. Trashmore!

I hope to Heaven that my neighbors are not being forclosed and set out! The real estate market has stayed very strong in my area and we haven't had any forclosures at all. But now there are 2 suspicously empty houses in a just a few days with HUGE piles of stuff at the curb.

I got so busy at work today that I forgot to call the city trash department. Will do that tomorrow.

I hope that you can get both trash piles removed ASAP. It's sort of like graffiti...... once it is there, it is an invitation to more.

Is there any way you can find out if the homes are foreclosures? That could be very scary!

So what happened?

Update- both trash piles disappeard the same day. I'm not sure if it was city trash pickup or private hauling. The first house is still empty. The second one was just a major garage & basement purge - that family is still in their house.

Then, a few days later, ANOTHER trash pile just as big appeared in front of house #1 and is still there. It's weird! House is still dark & unoccupied. I've asked a few neighbors and no one knows what is going on.

I know you want to believe the best scenario (like those poor people got foreclosed on and had no choice but to leave there stuff in the middle oftheyard), but people aren't as nice as you'd want to believe. Most of the time it's a vindictive act on the part of the renter to get back at their landlord (for whateverreason). The way I see it, the landlord is the victim here.

I was surprised (more disappointed really) that someone posted that they'd just leave whatever they didn't want for the landlord/bank to deal with. Hey it's your stuff, it's your responsibility. I know when get evicted or foreclosed upon, they don't always have the time, resources or ability to deal with it. If they have no home and no money they can't very well rent a place or a storage unit. Putting it at the curb may be the best they could do. I feel sorry for people in this situation, most of whom aren't at fault. It's hard to make ends meet. An awful lot of people are a couple paychecks away from this at any given time.

THIS IS A THREAD FROM 2008

I noticed that, but since it was brought up, I decided to add comments anyway. Still relevant, in the current situation we find ourselves in.