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Resident urges tougher enforcement on front-yard blight and landlord screening in Douglas Park
5403959 · July 16, 2025
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Summary
A Douglas Park resident told council that front-yard trash, vehicles and poor landlord oversight have degraded neighborhood conditions and asked for city action to enforce property upkeep and tenant screening.
Norvell Huey, a Douglas Park resident, told Middletown City Council on July 15 that long-standing neighborhood maintenance standards have broken down and asked the city to act. “We got junk, junk, garbage, garbage that's taken over the front yards,” Huey said, urging fines or code enforcement that would compel tenants and landlords to keep…
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