What`s happening to thousands of abandoned Chicago houses? Homeowners hide, houses crumble

Jobe Martin remembers a different day on his street, and he remembers it well.

[@525Lines]

Homeless people and empty homes. Nobody sees a solution? Looking more like Detroit every day.

[@omegamale7880]

Homeless people would just trash everything.

[@Vixinaful]

I was thinking Detroit aswell!

[@paulbetka1803]

Every major DEMOCRATIC run City. Leave Detroit out of it. Your town's a probably a shit hole too. And demo run into the ground ...

[@stylist62]

Horrible

[@meetstepsisalcoholicdouche6167]

Paul Betka this the truth. Majority of America doesn’t realize Detroit is the first not the last. Detroit is slowly seeing a comeback while Chicago is slowly meeting its demise. Lived in Chicago 35 years. Owned a successful business there. Moved it all to the Detroit. So Chicago’s underwater mortgages are actually the highest in the country. I think it’s 30% or higher of underwater mortgages. The sky rocketing taxes and property costs middle class can’t afford. The mega rich alone cannot cover all the costs to operate a city. The city sold all public parking spots to a hedge fund. Parking costs have gone up like 1000% in some areas this last decade. The thing that’s going to nail the coffin is the pension problem. Look into that scam and all the money they stole. Basically they used pension money to buy skyscrapers then sold them all at massive lost. Most likely to themselves or one of they’re buddies and covered it in the shell. Writing been on the wall in these democratic strongholds. At this point when these cities go completely bust and everyone broke. I can’t even feel bad. I’ll be sitting back laughing. Writing been on the wall

[@zEropoint68]

"nobody" owns any of these houses, and the homeless problem is getting worse and worse. it almost seems like something on purpose is going on. i wonder what the endgame is.

[@oldkittykiyru]

You can't just give a house to a homeless person to solve the issue. How did they become homeless to start. Not enough money then how do they maintain a house let alone payments. Drug or mental problem again they can't maintain a healthy environment let alone a house. You have to solve why they are homeless first.

[@vtecpreludevtec]

zEropoint68 slavery

[@zEropoint68]

@@oldkittykiyru they're homeless because they don't have places to live. you're talking to someone who just needed to be given a place to live to get her life back together. i'm living proof that just giving homeless people places to live works. i don't have drug problems or mental health issues driving me out into the streets, and neither do a lot of the people out there. i even had an income, just like a lot of them. the problem is that people who don't live in my community own all the rental properties and set the move-in costs so astronomically high that nobody whose income restricts them to 4 or 5 hundred dollars in rent can afford a home at that rent because the initial cost is 2500 or 3000 dollars. nobody living on a disability check can save that up and still keep themselves alive, even though they _could_ afford the rent were they allowed to just move in without having to pay some millionaire half a state away 3000 dollars. homelessness is not a problem caused by the homeless. it's a problem caused by the people who insist on owning empty homes and keeping them impossible to rent for an entire class of people.

[@zEropoint68]

@@oldkittykiyru ... and by the way, it's entitled people who have no sense of what anything is worth who trash rental properties, not homeless people who are given a chance to start over by being given a place to live. it's entitled brats whose mommies and daddies pay their rent and have no sense of what their lives would be like without their golden little safety net who don't care what they do to where they live. i have no idea why the popular misconception is to blame people who _don't_ have homes for the damage done to homes by people who _do._ that makes zero sense to me.

[@kennethstauffer9220]

tax people and property enough and nobody can do anything

[@ExplicitMexican]

You never really own anything in this country

[@berryberrykixx]

Here in Toledo, in the 90's, Carty Finkbiener made an announcement that the city wanted to buy up all of the vacant properties throughout Toledo, especially those in the West Historical District (We call it the Old West End). He basically got the homeowners to come out from under the rocks they were hiding in by offering them amnesty on the taxes they owe. All they had to do was hand it over to the city, sign on the line, walk away. For the most part, it worked well. Lots of beautiful historical homes became available. Then the city turned around and sold those homes for $1, plus the back taxes. You could get a 7-10 bedroom house for $4k. I know a friend who went in with other friends and took advantage of this program. The catch was, they had to bring that property up to living standards within a set amount of time. There are still vacant houses, and Toledo wanted to bring the program back but then we had the housing crisis in '08. But that first program was very successful. About 60% of the houses bought back by the city were bought and refurbished. Some people rent them out to college kids and big families, some people still live in them. Heck, I don't live in a historical house, but the house I live in was bought by my landlord during this program, and he turned it into a duplex. He paid $2,500 for it total, and put about 10k into it. Now he rents it and all debts are paid and he gets a nice return, and we have a home.

[@pryscillamello5845]

the smart ones got the golden ticket for sure imagine buying a huge property for virtually no money awesome dela

[@tvovoe7744]

I’m in tears,, my old neighborhood too. 57th Carpenter. So many vacant lots, and dilapidated buildings.Dang Shame !

[@slowburnraloh1807]

You've seen nothing until u came to South Chicago, plenty vacant lots and there's a whole 2 blocks with absolutely nothing there

[@richardbidinger2577]

This sort of thing is nation wide. I live in NE Ohio, and I see stories like this on the news all the time. Sad but true.

[@scottbc31h22]

Yes. I lost a bunch in the housing crash of '08 that devastated the housing market in Cleveland.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Not out West it's the opposite problem. You can't find a decent home for under 400k. And those are ghetto homes

[@applesucks2633]

If the politicians were as concerned with the citizens as they are about their sanctuary city status… Maybe this wouldn’t be such a problem

[@tenderheart7530]

Give the owner a certain amount of time and if they don’t show up give it to a charity or homeless working person.

[@katl1489]

This is why people like us will never be politicians

[@mgloco88]

We are not Detroit, Chicago is a beautiful city, The problem is that no one wants to move to a neighborhood where you get shot at and robbed every day. I always said that there is so much valuable property on the south side going to waste. Like I said though, there is too much crime, drugs and gangs in those communities and its so bad that people are moving to the suburbs. Clean up the streets first.

[@kenz5469]

Chicago/Cook county has some of the highest property taxes in the nation. Who wants to stick around for that?

[@M3LTUP]

Exactly.

[@SIGNALFREQ]

@jazier hammoed legalized corruption that is

[@johnsradios484]

Our cities are either crumbling or booming to the point people can’t afford to live in those cities. Rural areas are hurting too.

[@MimiKeel]

True.

[@gonzaloleon-gelpi9151]

This has been the case for more than fifty years. I knew a fellow that use to go through abandoned buildings in Chicago to pick up junk that he could resell. I went junk hunting with him a few times in the 1970's and 1980's when I was a young man and he was an old man.

[@dianewhite132]

Very good reporting, facts, no bbus, good job

[@bennetfox]

It's almost 2020, can we have an update on this?

[@djbhe]

The city tore down the house next to him.

[@plshipp78]

I got my home from the land bank and I lived in it for 11 years now

[@shaepowell2324]

They are leaving because of the deaths and crimes. I assume

[@davidking4779]

They cloud the titles on these homes because they want to escape the taxes and demo fees that need to be paid. The city ends up inheriting these costs. I think it would be better to allow people to donate their property to the city when they no longer want to expense of owning it in the same manner that you can drop off an unwanted child at the fire department with out penalty. The city could then take over the responsibility of the property without a lengthy and costly procedure.

[@mbavery1975]

If something happens to rejuvenate the neighborhood they'll just call it gentrification and complain about that instead.

[@allstar930]

Word life!

[@michaelstovall23]

Duhh if they're displacing people

[@janicehales2958]

Why so much red tape and waiting? Post a sign in front of the house and in the newspaper saying the house will be sold for back property taxes due on a certain date. Give the current owners (whoever they are) 30 days to respond, and if they don't then sell the damn thing! Make the new owners sign an agreement with a stipulation that the property must be renovated to a degree that is equal to, or better than the nicer homes in the neighborhood. Then give the new owners 1 year to make the renovations or they lose the home and all money invested! We need to get rid of all these laws that protect absent owners and corporations that buy up these houses and then sits on them til they rot!

[@dieselscience]

This is what _REAL_ socialism looks like.

[@alexivanov7567]

When you step into the PUBLIC library- this is what real socialism look like! And what you see - is what real CAPITALISM look like!!!!

[@VOLCAL]

TRYING TO MAKE BLACK PEOPLE LOOK SYMPATHETIC WHEN THEY THE ONES FUCKING THEIR OWN SHIT UP.

[@SD-pi9co]

America is capitalist. How does socialism apply?

[@jackjohnson7396]

Correct, look at the mayor there. Scary!

[@jefryt67]

No socialism looks exactly like the failed public housing Chicago had to tear down.

[@starnorthtoflintridge6657]

Democrats have been in charge of this city from 1932 ...

[@fatimamovement]

That's about when they finished building the better old homes in the city.

[@starnorthtoflintridge6657]

@apolo kabali No I just look at the party thats been in charge for that long of time and figure out how many have been charged with wrong doings and how much money they have spent on them self's , its not a Democrat or republican thing its a crook thing and the people of Chicago have been getting screwed for years... don't listen to what they say watch what they do...

[@DuragAllDay]

@@johnlockesghost5592 The entirety of the Deep South. Imagine making a comment this fucking stupid. Have some shame.

[@DT-dv6wf]

it been rolled up into a derivative back mortgage 50 times by now.

[@MR..181]

no shakedown artist hoa

[@starventure]

The 2008 housing crisis and stock market meltdown was caused by just that thing. Sick thing of it was, it was mostly overseas banks that were buying the properties sight unseen. Deutsche Bank at one point owned 50% of all housing in East Cleveland.

[@donaldbadowski290]

First, it is not "all across Chicago". There are plenty of neighborhoods where this does not, cannot happen at all, because the real estate prices are sky high. They correct themselves later, mentioning "distressed" neighborhoods. Second, their example is Englewood, which is one of the highest crime neighborhoods in the entire United States. It has areas along Garfield Blvd. and 63rd St. that have been empty lots since the King assassination riots of 1969. Third, any of the families of any means who lived their split for the southwest suburbs years ago, leaving only the poorest, most uneducated, unemployable and gang ridden families to still occupy it. Michelle Obama was on the news a few weeks ago, talking about how white people fled the city to the suburbs. "Y'all were running from us" she tells white people, while nice and cozy in her Martha's Vineyard mansion. Look who's doing the running now.

[@eelnoops5200]

Wow - you are so missing the point.

[@donaldbadowski290]

@eelnoops5217 , and? So I'm right in my examples but still not right by the point you perceive?

[@chadsperandeo7626]

Owner said it. Renovated twice and renters trashed it. How many times can you serve a community of idiots before you give up?

[@no1onu2be19]

I know it's easy to disparage an entire community, as opposed to justly looking at the many tangled facts and making individual judgements, which is hard to do and takes time. This way helps to keep the respectful tone necessary to converse about the topic though. There may even be 10s of 1000s of blighted houses around the city, that have similar "people" and bereaucracy issues, but each case is still different no? Sometimes, the humans who rent out to other humans in certain neighborhoods, know that they can get away with treating renters badly in poorer areas. Also, sometimes it is true that some renters are bad rentees. The population is in the millions, so while 10s of 1000s around the city is significant and very worrisome, especially to those who are forced to live in particular communities, we should not be so idiotic as to use such a blanketed way of describing people. Peace and Love.

[@r.j.m4245]

Not in Baltimore, there is a tax sale after the first year of back taxes.

[@susanhurst3292]

In Georgia I think it's 2 years of back property taxes, and it will be up for auction.

[@rubenbell7685]

I would love to come over there and help people fix up those homes

[@worseto1]

No jobs high cost of living equals depression. Cities = complete destruction we have also way to many government employees and elected officials. Got to end the city mentality.

[@olivespeppers4234]

the woman Judith said she renovated the home twice and renters trashed it

[@ev1558]

yeah, I wonder what her definition of renovate is.

[@MimiKeel]

She's lying.

[@olivespeppers4234]

@Masterr Laster - that could be, she needed to take pictures of before and after renovation also invoices on what was done, she may have that info. that was never mentioned, she needs documentation to prove her claim

[@MR..181]

olives peppers ..thank then as being anti rentier by making tents illegal to sell rat and termite infestations..

[@joedirte716]

Democrats are scum of the earth

[@gusmonster59]

Renters will trash where they live and leave all the costs on the landlords. That not only makes it tough on those of us who rent and take care of our places, but creates these situations. People seem to not care about where they live anymore. Wouldn't it be nice if people in need could live in these homes and take care of them?

[@lilyrose7082]

Absolutely correct! They don’t want to pay rent but after they destroy it, yet they’re asking the landlord to fix it but with what money 💴? Not all landlords are rich but renters think they are! It boggles my mind! Most landlords only have 1 property and their residence and that’s it!

[@top-icalmovement1483]

Inequality at its best, then we go to others countries and try to tell them how to live!!

[@ladyboywonder9139]

tropical movement as the old saying goes charity begins at home

[@patriot9455]

The west coast has massive homelessness, the upper midwest has abandoned houses. What an insanity.

[@dsparks149]

So money is more important in this world than people 😞 so sad. So many people are homeless.

[@iLoveLeatherNYC]

Interesting. The contact numbers and addresses led to 'other' addresses and no one worked there, that seems to be problem number 1. The city is not gonna chase you, they send to last recorded address and leave it at that. If this current home owner wants the property next to his house HE should have first dibs on it and pay a fraction of the tax bill so he can demolish or fix it up (its been written off as uncollected debit by now) It was so close to his I'm sure he would like a bigger yard / more space.

[@DanielBMaximoff]

San Francisco soon will join Chicago in having hundreds of abandoned houses.

[@Vixinaful]

I suspect you're right. And there will be more cities.

[@Imperial0666]

only if a major earthquake destroys the city. The situation in San Francisco is different from what is going on in Chicago.

[@DanielBMaximoff]

Imperial0666 Pretty sure that they’re experiencing a major earthquake right now but without the physical damage.

[@MemoGrafix]

@@Vixinaful - It is more cities

[@jazziered142]

The Bay area is full of empty houses. Foreign investors come over and buy them and never occupy.

[@Vixinaful]

God I feel for him. I know what its like seeing your childhood home crumbling down. My grandparents house was sold to a couple who lets it decay although they live there with a family and everything. It rips your soul open. :'( And to know my old grandfather of 82 could keep a home in better shape than a young healthy couple. We are in the end times where mans heart has grown cold.

Get a life dude!

[@johnholder9062]

When you sell a home it’s no longer yours. Furthermore whatever someone does with their home is their business.

[@arewethereyet5675]

If they cared they would give them away free under contract that its refinished in 3 years. Make business ownership easy and encourage people to keep it from crumbling. It's stupid green, mismanagement and lack of creativity. We have 20% of people homeless in this country and houses in ruins.

[@bpaige12]

not too many people looking at moving to the south side of Chicago

[@DrCorvid]

in this ice age it will freeze for awhile and there won't be anyone living there.

[@markchapmon8670]

Makes me wonder if the underlying issue was the high tax rates and crime (murder) rates in Chicago that caused people to flee Chicago (and other parts of IL) for a better life. If they couldn't sell them, they just abandoned them.

[@paulbetka1803]

Like Detroit. No one knows 😱 Who -what - where😭 O R what department owns it. City or tax Or even state.

[@michaelgray1803]

What do they do with the houses

[@MrBobity]

WOW North Minneapolis is not even 1/4 this bad!!!

[@ampg7854]

He forgot to say people got shot here on this street.

[@breezycovergirl]

Oprah with your big money, help people in the city that helped you with your show.

[@kuuipopakalolo8723]

Preach

[@Kate-fi8oh]

Same with Bezos, Bloomberg, etc.

[@no1onu2be19]

We can't just blame a random entrepreneur who lived in the city just because she is famous and wealthy, only to absolve ourselves of any responsibility. We aren't entitled to her money. If she is able to + wants to help out of the kindness of her mind, fine, but to try to guilt trip her is _. This is capitalism and bureaucracy at work, we have to think of the total system in order to change things imho.

[@adrianneedwards6179]

It’s not her job to bail people out! Why don’t you ask black men to do it?

[@no1onu2be19]

@@adrianneedwards6179 we prolly shouldn't blame one person or one gender or one group of people or one city for the problem. Peace and love.

[@TraciBinIT]

Houses in Chicago that are abandoned are left to deteriorate and collapse? There’s no excuse for that given the shortages.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

Starting in 2005 the City of Pittsburgh at the insistence of then Mayor Bob O'Connor began demolishing the abandoned houses that blighted it's north side. The north side is a thousand times better for it.

[@jbarron4596]

The city ought to force those home owners to stay in the city and pay their taxes !

[@TheRisky9]

People saying that we should have this for homeless. The cost of repairs is sometimes more to fix then it is to rebuild.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

TheRisky9 there is no cost on cultural integrity and preservation But explaining that to certain people without culture is like trying to explain the cultural significance of historic preservation to a dried rat shit on a dirty paper plate

[@billjenkins2503]

It's not the houses its' alot to do with the neighborhood. In some Chicago neighborhoods old houses are being renovated for hundred of thousand dollars. Why?

[@blitherbox7467]

Corruption is rot. Chicago is a waste of time.

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

The problem is not houses. The problem is people,

[@danichicago9140]

Sure didn't look like that back in 50s. People slept on the boulevard in the summer. Wonder what changed?

[@tonywalker2334]

The real question is where did the people move to ??? I can tell you more than the bulk of them moved to Atlanta. To pick up exactly where they left off at. As far as crime and of course the way they vote. And yes I’m black.

[@summerland6397]

there would be people happy to have a place to live and fix up. But the city demands all the back taxes fines penalties and interest be paid amounting to thousands. Then the person that once owned it can walk back in and take it from you. Change the laws Chicago. Give the person that takes the property over a clean slate and quit trying to nickle and dime them to death. Fix your services if required. Make an effort to welcome people instead of grafting them. Only then when you will see your rural city come to life again. Draw in those tax dollars.

[@johnwayne9146]

Then you'll be accused of gentrification.

[@eldude2843]

Can we please send our homeless from California to occupy these homes?!

[@fatimamovement]

That would make sense, so the answer is no.

[@pauldusa]

When the industry left. All people should be selling the next day

[@sboloshis1188]

They are being given to the huge homeless population...no?

[@sharontrotter8198]

This is done so that everyone and governments can say Black's don't take care of their communities or property, then the land is sold for pennies, BLACK homeowner's are forced out and the area is then rebuilt and sold at higher prices.

[@DrCorvid]

But nobody with money wants to live there. Real estate is like that.

[@rexsheeley8177]

Chicago will take decades to recover... it's just too late baby now it's to late

[@gmonk003]

so you cant have nonoperable cars on your property, but you can have nonoperable properties?!? Property rights are surely in distress.

[@stevenhickey326]

People own home....neighborhood deteriorates....property taxes continually rise.....owners know theyll never sell the house. Leads to abandonment/torch job. Its as old as the hills. See : Detroit

[@ginadelsasso288]

If there was an abandon crumbling house next to me for 3 to 5 years i would rent a dumpster and tear it down myself. Its not like anyone is going to stop you if "no one" owns it. I would give myself a bigger yard. Fuck that rat trap! Its not worth fixing up.

[@nathanfrench952]

Renovate it so it can get trashed again? Who the hell wants to do that?

[@rociotorres7772]

They find Judith, she says it’s in a trust but doesn’t want to disclose who the owner is due to back taxes then says where do I sign to donate the house... so she owns the house?!

[@MrTM-fg6zn]

My grandma's childhood home is a power plant now.

[@skellymom]

It would be nice if Jobe could buy the property next door, take down that crumbling house, and plant a huge garden. Many other cuties are doing this.

[@enrique88005]

Why are those homes so close to each other

[@lifelongstudent7426]

The process of gentrification

[@sammie140]

Why don't they just get rid of the house and plant trees instead? Bring nature back into your neighborhood like it once was.

[@DaveWard-xc7vd]

Doze em to the ground. That should help with the rat problem.

[@susanmurphy6984]

The rats are in office. They're called Politicians.

[@thevillageidiot1655]

Feeding corrupt corporations at the expense of community

[@ecduzitgood]

Then why don't all communities look like that? There seems to be a pattern in severely dilapidated communities.

[@nlp6082]

The same issue in Detroit, MI. Very sad.

[@basspig]

Property taxes and tenants who trashed the place. There's the problem.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

basspig I blame the tenants

[@basspig]

@@ladyboywonder9139 Both are factors. High property taxes penalize homeowners for keeping up their places in good repair.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

basspig how so ?

[@basspig]

@@ladyboywonder9139 I thought it was obvious: fix up your place, assessment goes up, taxes go up.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

basspig OK thanks, yeah you’re right obviously... I was just so fixated on how people can just fucking destroy buildings that they’re supposed to be living in and enjoying and appreciating Makes me sad, it’s been my lifelong dream to restore an old building and enjoy it

[@bigearedmouse17]

I have been to Detroit, and I have been to Mogadishu and at night Detroit is by far more dangerous !

[@TXMEDRGR]

Have they tried taking down the Confederate memorials, that made a world of difference in New Orleans? Crime and poverty are now practically none existent in New Orleans.

[@ladyboywonder9139]

TXMEDRGR LOL!

[@johnmetzger7646]

Who would be crazy enough to tackle this problem.

[@christinewoodruff255]

If you border Illinois, I will pray for you.

[@turboredcart]

How does collapsing brick have anything to do with tenants? This report would have been better if wgn stated the amount of the property tax. There are cases where the prior owner thinks the bank took it back, but the bank doesnt fully take it back which leaves it in limbo. Funny that in a big city that there arent any tradesmen to make it all work- I mean isnt there a fair amount of undocumented in Chicago?

[@ellahosokawa4663]

Nice 👍

[@lastcalifornian1791]

Taxes destroy everything.

[@mtwhatley3253]

One match problem solved......🔥

[@espyxelz2847]

😂😂

[@starventure]

That is called Jewish lightning, a.k.a. ARSON. Do that, and the insurance company lawyers will giggle uncontrollably as you are led off to Anal University. I know you think it sounds funny, but ask anyone who has gone up for that - it's no joke.

[@mtwhatley3253]

starventure Anal University??? Yeah it does sound funny.......but I think they call it San Francisco 💩

[@johannesmohner8695]

Nothing happens, what should happen ?

[@tse90723]

Its now 2021. What happened?

[@ShanLiuGBM]

That is a good commercial for adverse possession, when big companies do it, it's okay.

[@jacquelineperry5873]

The system makes it hard for folks to keep home overcharging and so on and then to people have to raise there kids to value property and to love.

[@sunlite9759]

Why are people leaving? Probably because they see the writing on the wall. Property tax increases have turned what might have been stable middle class neighborhoods into a RE traps. Homeowners that based retirement on funds recuperated from the sale of their 'nest egg' now are locked in to these deteriorating cities with no hope of recovery. Where is the turning point? At what point will the cost of living outweigh income and those that could leave left. It is a snowballing effect very visible in places like Chicago: Irvington, NJ and Cleveland. The result: urban blight and crime. More and more of the country is falling victim to blight. The media ignores it preferring to reach stardom by chasing the scandal de jour.

[@gregbenwell6173]

America has a growing homeless population problem and mean while there are empty houses just sitting around empty and falling apart in a lot of cases!! And THEN don't rule out the housing market bubble that happened either as an "effect" of all this!!! Basically HOME PRICES are not realistic to the current incomes of most modest families.....and I have been saying this literally for about 30 years now!! And there is NO WAY AT ALL a modest ranch style home build in 1962 is now some how worth 1.2 million dollars or for that matter $300,000 either!! And even today's new homes are NOT WORTH their asking price when the workmanship in a lot of these houses are questionable at best I a lot of cases as well!! Not saying "all contractors are worthless" but there are a number of them who cut corners when it actually matters and then some use sub standard materials when the shouldn't as well too!! It really is a "buyer beware" market, even when considering buying that "older home" with a launder list of problems you are probably NOT aware you will have in six months!! And banks DO NOT HELP this problem either as they DEMAND the prices that are the asking cost!!! And a $500,000 house is NOT WORTH IT, if you have to spend another $50,000 before you can even move into it, because of bad wiring, poor plumbing and HVAC and you need to repair the foundation and the roof ALL in the same 60 year old house!!

[@sbfhawk4343]

Until the people have purchased all the land back and we can have the liquidity to rebuild that city nothing is going to change it will go into further decay. Not sure if saving a place headed for destruction is worth it. I mean the whole earth is about to be wrecked so should we even try ?

[@konstantindufnik696]

Detroit 2.0

[@djbhe]

You don't know what you are talking about. I can tell you haven't been to Chicago or Detroit. Detroit is not in Chicago's class. Chicago is a world class city. Chicago has 77 neighborhoods and 10 of those are high crime areas.

[@JoseTwitterFan]

Also what happens when you have parking minimums, minimum lot sizes, height restrictions, and all other types of restrictive exclusionary zoning policies that enables urban decay and prevents badly-needed development to keep neighborhoods alive.

[@evilgabe666]

Wow.....

[@ev1558]

Maybe a marketing campaign letting people know if they donate there are no fees/penalties.

[@danstrausbaugh6430]

Keep voting D

[@floethiopiawit3921]

This is a good example of the end of saying it is ok to sin. Sin destroys everything so please believe in repentance in Jesus name.

[@jaddek.astrie9698]

So sad the tenants and neighboors destroy the properties they are ignorant the city is a mess. Very sad.

[@lordpimpjuice1503]

no one wants to be held accountable anymore

[@42fontenator]

Raze ALL dilapidated buildings and build AFFORDABLE housing using modern methods and materials. Oh, and abolish central banking!

[@chrystallee5528]

Half the properties in Inglewood are abandoned and in disrepair.

[@South_0f_Heaven_]

To the people that say these houses should be given to the homeless: do this instead, open your own home and put some homeless people up in it. Don’t tell other people what to do or spend other people’s money since it’s such a easy problem to fix. Lead by example, then again it’s easier to just repeat some others garbage then to be part of the solution isn’t it.

[@agoogleaccount2861]

destroying homes raises the value of existing homes making landlords rich ..

[@nasteel1188]

The city does not make it easy to work on these homes. Honestly there should be some type of city program that influences and motivates people to work on these properties. Them homes are nasty .it’s overwhelming.

[@TheMightyCookieShow]

Easy. Morgan's on houses that should be 30k are instead falsely bloated to be 100k or more. Meanwhile, minimum wage job after minimum wage job, plus young college grads already have a Morgan their stick with from their loans. Next question?