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Advocates press Crowley to speed demolitions, ask for public tracking of condemned properties
Summary
A resident and community advocate urged the council to accelerate demolitions of condemned properties and to post a public tracker; officials said some rulings and filings have been delayed and hearings will resume in May.
A community advocate asked Crowley officials to accelerate the demolition of dilapidated properties and to publish a simple, public-facing tracker showing each condemned property’s status, filing dates and demolition schedule.
Theresa Richard, who has followed the city’s blight enforcement process, said the city budgeted about $660,000 a year for code enforcement but that many condemned structures remain standing months after hearings. “Most are in worse condition than they were back in November of 2023,” Richard said. She described 30 properties reviewed earlier this…
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