Glasgow Village neighbors say a group of vacant homes in the 10800 block of Spring Garden Drive, seen Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, are havens for crime. Many were set for demolition with pandemic relief funds, with $11 million set to raze or repurpose problem property in North County.
CLAYTON 鈥 Programs to boost child care worker pay, fund sewer and street projects, and demolish derelict homes are now at risk after County Executive Sam Page鈥檚 administration again emphasized that it does not have enough manpower to monitor them.
Jasmine Johnson moved into a home next door to a house in the 200 block of Estridge Road in Glasgow Village, that was split in half years ago by a falling tree, seen Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 send my kids outside because I鈥檓 afraid of rats,鈥 said Johnson, who also sees cats living in the rubble.
鈥淒epartments know what to do,鈥 an official said, 鈥渁nd we are all hoping that this will be spent down.鈥
Glasgow Village neighbors say a group of vacant homes in the 10800 block of Spring Garden Drive, seen Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, are havens for crime. Many were set for demolition with pandemic relief funds, with $11 million set to raze or repurpose problem property in North County.
Jasmine Johnson moved into a home next door to a house in the 200 block of Estridge Road in Glasgow Village, that was split in half years ago by a falling tree, seen Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 send my kids outside because I鈥檓 afraid of rats,鈥 said Johnson, who also sees cats living in the rubble.
