Julie Lawton

You had a number of people who were unable to pay their rent, they were leaving their homes. You had a number of people who lost their jobs and lost their income.

Blight, vacant and abandoned property is a concern for all homeowners. For themselves, for their safety, as well as for the safety of their kids and their loved ones.

Think about where you want to live, do you want to live in an area that’s vibrant, or do you want to live in an area where you have across the street an abandoned warehouse? So from the homeowners', from the city standpoint, from the safety standpoint, from a community development standpoint, it is an issue that a number of people want to address and something that we absolutely should address.