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  demolished houses.

  It's not that the city is tearing down perfectly good houses.  They'd definitely prefer to sell the properties to new owners who would rehab the houses, since demolishing a house costs the city thousands of dollars.  However, (1) most of these houses are beyond repair, have infestations, and are highly unsafe, (2) there is no one to buy these properties.  These houses aren't being demolished so that new houses can be built in the same places.  They're being demolished and cleaned up so that they (1) don't make the neighborhoods even more unattractive, (2) aren't a place for harboring drug dealers, indigents, and the like, (3) don't pose a health hazard to neighbors, etc.On Can Cleveland bring itself back from the brink? posted 1 year, 5 months ago 7 Responses