As you know, I have been after the city for almost 20 years to take out this property. Finally saw some progress when they tore down the recycling center, the liquor store and a gutted house. I fully expected them to tear down the other two properties (abandoned houses) but they gave the property owner another chance to make amends, as you can see, it was a bad idea.
Instead of replacing the basement windows, he put concrete block in the sills, then he decided to paint the house without fixing the soffit or siding and it has sat like this for a couple of weeks. There is also old tractors parked in the backyard and the privacy fence has fallen over. And while he may eventually get the house to look better on the outside, the inside is totally destroyed with massive water and fire damage. In other words it would take a lot of $$$ to fix the interior, so basically the city is allowing a property owner to fix the exterior of a house when the inside remains unlivable. WHY!!!!!!!?????? Incompetence.
I know that the due dates for having the repairs completed passed this Spring, so I was surprised the city is NOT tearing down the properties. Funny how it took me 20 years, and only half was torn down, yet when a religious non-profit needs some demo or an old Sears building needs toppled the city has all kinds of money in public works to demo these buildings almost immediately. Crappy houses in low income neighborhoods are apparently not a priority.
Keep playing games, because when the new mayor is installed I will be in their face to bulldoze this property. You solved nothing in 20 years except kick a can down the road. Those houses will be demolished and I will make sure of it.