Hennepin County to tear down vacant properties

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Hennepin County plans to spend more than $1 million to tear down blighted properties in Minneapolis.

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Hoopy McGee “Relax. It's just the internet.” Since: May 08 569 Minneapolis, MN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Jun 18, 2008 Judged: 3 1 1 A good start... vacant lots are a lot less likely to be used as crack houses, vagrant's nests, meth labs, etc. Plus, if they aren't being maintained, they're a fire hazard. Maybe they can be used as a community garden, instead of a derelict house. I'm all for it. Let's spend more money on it, get the rest of them torn down.
JP - St Paul Windsor, CT	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Jun 18, 2008 No one should be happy about this situation. A vacant property can cause trouble but it's a shame we couldn't come up with a solution to allow more people to live in owner occupied homes. Some good homes will fall. This appears one of the most viable options now, but I think we'll look back in 10 years and have some remorse over what was done, much as we do about the urban renewal projects of the 1960's. I wish we all were smart enough to have a better solution.
Hoopy McGee “Relax. It's just the internet.” Since: May 08 569 Minneapolis, MN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Jun 18, 2008 I agree, JP. If the problem were on a smaller scale, the city could try a purchase/renovate/resell type program to get lower income, hard-working families a home. It's just that, with the scale we have now, it's a situation where you have to cut out the rot before it spreads... empty lots don't bring down property values nearly as much as a boarded-up house will. It's just a pity. Some of the houses I see boarded up are nearly a hundred years old... and falling apart. If they had been maintained or restored, they could be absolutely beautiful.
G from MN Minneapolis, MN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Jun 19, 2008 Hoopy McGee wrote: I agree, JP. If the problem were on a smaller scale, the city could try a purchase/renovate/resell type program to get lower income, hard-working families a home. It's just that, with the scale we have now, it's a situation where you have to cut out the rot before it spreads... empty lots don't bring down property values nearly as much as a boarded-up house will. It's just a pity. Some of the houses I see boarded up are nearly a hundred years old... and falling apart. If they had been maintained or restored, they could be absolutely beautiful. The problem with 100 year old houses is that fewer and fewer people want to actually live in them. They don't fit with their lifestyles. The bedrooms are small and the closets may as well be non-existant. Usually they have one bathroom located on the second floor. They cost a lot of money to bring them up to code, let alone renovated to the point they are attractive to today's buyer.
G from MN Minneapolis, MN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Jun 19, 2008 Judged: 1 1 1 If my calculations are correct it will take 18 million to tear down all 900 vacant properties. The city needs to hold slum lords feet to the flame more. Most of them live in the suburbs and milk everything they can out of a property and then just walk away. I say send them a bill for the tear down. If they don't pay it do what they do for dead beat dad's...no licenses, no city/county jobs, add interest and penalties. Slum lords rob all of us every bit as much as shoplifters and other crooks.
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