There’s No Place Like an Abandoned Home, Part 2
Today is part two of Indiana Barrister’s/IndyPolitics.Org’s multi-part series on the issue of abandoned housing in Indianapolis.
As stated in part one, the city has plans to use money from transfer of the water and wastewater company to tear down more than 2,000 abandoned properties this year. That plan has raised the ire of local activists like Tiffany Benedict Berkson of Historic Indianapolis.
She argues that instead of tearing down the abandoned homes the city should look at alternatives, such as rehab or turning the properties over to developers will do something productive with the properties.
You can hear Berkson’s comments here.
Tomorrow, you will hear from Chris Pryor, the head of MIBOR (Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors) on the abandoned housing issue and their assessment on the city’s job with dealing with abandoned homes.
Editor’s note: I did cover the budget last night. You can find that story at IndyPolitics.Org.
