INDIANAPOLIS – As hundreds of abandoned homes line the streets of Indianapolis, a group of city and community partners are looking to develop strategies to eliminate the eyesores.
Members of city and county government, law enforcement and other community stakeholders have formed the Problem Property Work Group, which has a goal to identify empty buildings and classify them as vacant, abandoned or chronically abandoned.
Neighbors in several Indy neighborhoods hope this will be a step in the right direction. Michael Herrick, who lives in the Kennedy King neighborhood, said he hopes the status of a home near 20th Street and Cornell Avenue will change.
"It's a huge house, and I'd love to see something done with it,” said Herrick.
The group will identify and classify homes based on factors like property tax delinquency, code violations, the number of police and fire runs to the address, and the status of water and electricity.
The goal is to create a map the community can access.
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