‘It’s putting everybody here at risk’: Residents and City of Wichita urging property owners to clean up blight homes

The City of Wichita is asking some property owners to clean up or pay up. A total of 13 property owners have until July 12 to get their homes and land in order or could be taken to court and face a fine. It’s an effort to cut down on blight and nuisance properties in the area.

Blight is the term for land that is unsightly, unsafe, and in dilapidated conditions.

“We always do our best to combat blight and focus on areas in need given the resources available to us,” said Chris Labrum, Director with the city’s Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department.

(Read more: KSN-TV)