Article 7A

Article 7A of the state's real property actions law lets a court remove a failing building from its owner's operational control: on petition by tenants or the housing agency, where conditions dangerous to life, health, or safety persist, the court appoints an administrator to collect rents and apply them to repairs and operations — ownership retained, management confiscated.

An administrator appointment is close to the terminal marker on the distress spectrum: the record now documents a judicial finding that ownership could not or would not operate the building lawfully. For diligence on any building with 7A history, the questions are what conditions earned the appointment, how the administration resolved, and what changed in ownership or capital afterward.