Cincinnati's Dirty Secret: Blighted Buildings
21 June 2002 - 4:00am
Cincinnati must find a better way of dealing with blighted buildings. A special housing court has been proposed, but The Cincinatti Post is skeptical.
"It's disconcerting as well to note what city's chief building inspector, William Langevin, told The Post's Randy Ludlow: the number of abandoned buildings in the core neighborhoods surrounding downtown has stayed at about 300... [T]he degree to which the city's tape-encrusted permitting and inspection process slows down legitimate developers who are trying to rehab old buildings or rebuild urban neighborhoods this is the city's own fault."
Full Story:
Reclaiming blighted buildings
Source:
The Cincinnati Post, June 17, 2002
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