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The City of Dubuque is sponsoring three additional sessions of an educational program for property owners and managers on how to reduce crime in rental housing. Property owners and managers may now register for this program. The sessions will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 or Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 or Thursday, March 7, 2013. All sessions are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the NICC Town Clock Center, 680 Main Street, Dubuque.

The one-day training program, the Dubuque Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program, will provide comprehensive information on all aspects of managing property with a special emphasis on how to reduce crime in rental property. Participants of the program will receive a complete guide to assist in maintaining a crime-free property.

Presenters include local attorneys and City of Dubuque staff from the Police, Fire, Legal, Housing and Community Development, and Human Rights departments. Landlords and property managers will also have access to various resource booths over the lunch break. Registration fee is $30, payable to NICC. To register, go to www.nicc.edu/continuinged and enter “crime-free housing” in the search field, or contact the NICC Town Clock Center for Professional Development at (563) 557-8271, ext. 380. Registrations are due one week prior to the session you wish to attend. Additional information on this program, the applicable ordinance, and the registration form are available on the city’s website at www.cityofdubuque.org/DCFMHP.

As recommended by the Safe Community Task Force, current City ordinance requires all Dubuque property owners or managers to attend the City’s Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program one time. Licensed realtors are exempt from this requirement. Property owners with more than 10 rental units should have attended the training by Feb. 7, 2012. Owners of 5-9 rental units are required to attend the training by Feb. 7, 2013. The upcoming Nov. 27, 2012 training session will be the last one offered prior to the Feb. 7, 2013 deadline. For more information, contact Crime Prevention/Public Information Officer Lt. Scott Baxter at 563-589-4473 or sbaxter@cityofdubuque.org.