There are boarded up homes, (appears they are all owned by
Wicomico County Housing Authority) all over Fruitland and Salisbury.
We stumbled upon some on Davis St, Grace St, Off Hammond St, etc.
Why? I am told they have been like that for years.
If I was a citizen and had a vacant boarded up home would that be legal?
Didn't Ireton start a humiliation campaign against homeowners for this?
How is this legal, fair or safe? Talk about bringing down a neighborhood's value.
Why is the county not held to the same standards the citizens are?
You can find these on google maps.
Just to name a few of the many:
709 Grace St
145 Davis St
147 Davis St
700 Jefferson St
709 Grace St
145 Davis St
147 Davis St
700 Jefferson St
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Years ago I contacted the Housing Authority about 3-4 boarded homes in a neighborhood we have about a dozen rental homes in. I was told they did not plan to do anything about it. Potential tenants are scared away! This was near the city park and they are still like that to this day. The city backed them. Yet we get citations for every little thing!
You should be asking how the contractor won the bid for new roofing/siding/plumbing/electrical etc.. on said homes. They are all taken down to studs and everything new is being put in as we speak.
Do as I say, not as I do.
They're all boarded up because the welfare breeders have roaches them out and what do we do...? Build them beautiful new town homes on "Boof" Street.
Drop them. Make them playgrounds
I would rather have a boarded up house then what mess our neighbour has in his back yard looks like construction scrap yard untitled travel trailer as his storage unit burns his leftover construction scraps
Good point, the government should address asap!!
So if the county repairs the homes, I presume nobody will complain about the use of tax dollars to accomplish the repairs.
They just completely redone 3 houses on Dulany St in Fruitland.
Add to that list the several on Lake Street, across from the city DPW yard. They've been boarded up for years.
Other communities have the $1 giveaway with restrictions (must own and live there, clean it up, etc.)
Why is this community so behind the times?
You want homeownership to rise but cling to dilapidated livable homes that people could invest in and contribute to the community.
Having a boarded up house on a street does nothing to improve the crime levels, or to improve property values for the rest of the street. County Council needs to put some pressure on the housing authority to either fix them up, sell them to prospective homeowners, or take them down.
so the city/county is just another slumlord? that explains everything!
Why won't they just give them to Habitat for humanity to rehab and give to homeowners
They're too busy giving us citations for the grass that grows between the cracks in the sidewalk in front of our house. These jokers ride around in a truck all day what a useless job. Money that should be spent elsewhere.
11:30 AM-contact the MD Dept of the Environment next time he is burning.
Why worry about renting these houses when the Feds are already paying the Housing Authority rent as if somebody is living there. I guess you could call this either a "Loop hole or a Scam". Your choice
these houses need to be torn down asap so that all the drug dealers have more room to roam
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