EDITOR’S NOTE–Recently we published an article titled \”Blight is Spreading in Gloucester City\”. As a follow up to that article we wanted to know what steps the city of Gloucester has taken to fight that problem. As we dug deeper, we learned more and more about the monstrous task that the city’s Housing Office is faced with each day.
By Bill Cleary
cnbnews.net
GLOUCESTER CITY NJ–(cnbnews.net)Housing Officer Joseph Stecklair, said Gloucester City has an approximate 300 abandoned properties that have fallen in disrepair. According to Stecklair, his office sent out 200 letters in May to violators of Chapter 25, the Brush, Weeds and Debris law.
Some of the violations a property owner can be cited for:
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