Angela Johnson first spoke to the commission about homes around her parents’ house at 2519 Gabriel. Johnson said her parents have a panoramic view around their property of run-down houses.
“It’s horrific,” she said. Kenneth and Diane Johnson have kept their home in good shape and have made updates over the years, Angela Johnson said, and they have bought other nearby properties and demolished the homes there in an effort to keep their surroundings pleasant and their home value up. Their efforts, however, have been to no avail as more homes become abandoned. Now, many of those houses have become a haven for pests such as skunks and opossums, Johnson said, as well as vagrants. There is a foul odor coming from one home, and Johnson’s father said some of the homes have black mold.
Source: Parsons Sun
