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Residents tell council neighborhood conditions worsening; council members say they will continue coordinated response
Summary
Residents at the Sept. 8 meeting described encampments, squatters and apparent utility-tampering on Highland Avenue and other neighborhoods; council members said police and city staff have been engaged and pledged continued coordination with enforcement and planned development remedies.
Multiple residents at the South Bend Common Council’s Sept. 8 meeting used the privilege-of-the-floor period to report worsening conditions in parts of the city, citing illegal encampments, property damage, utility hookups and suspected false Airbnb listings on condemned properties.
Rodney Hagedorn, who gave his address as 2220 Highland Avenue, said several houses were illegally connected to others for power and that…
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