Each one has at least two open-or-recent nuisance, housing or code cases in the last 12 months, or is registered vacant, and the tax bill goes to an address that is not the house. 554 still have a case open; 92 owners get their mail out of state. Ranked so the top is the most trouble and the farthest owner.
Sources, all public: the City of Minneapolis code-enforcement case feed (CaseViolations, open data, read Oct 18, 2026), the city's inspection feed for when each case opened, Hennepin County parcel and taxpayer records for the assessor value, homestead status and where the tax bill is mailed, and recorded sales. Owner names and mailing addresses are the county's public taxpayer record, shown as the county publishes them.
How a house gets on the list: a one-to-three-unit house (not a condo) that is not homesteaded, with two or more cases of these kinds in the last 12 months (nuisance, housing complaint, code enforcement, vacant-building registration), or any vacant-building or condemnation case. "Open" is the city's own case status (Enforce, Pending, Stop Work). Rental-license and fire inspections are left out: they are routine. The rank adds up open cases, closed cases, vacant and condemnation flags, how recently the city acted, and how far away the owner's mail goes.
What this list is not: it does not say the owner wants to sell. It says the house is costing them time and money with the city and they are not living in it. Minneapolis only. Refreshed weekly.
From Aidan Jude at Brick & Mortar (aidan@brickandmortar.dev).