ATTENTION WANNABE SLUMLORDS: The Hawthorne Neighborhood Has A Little Present For You!

Photo By Jeff Skrenes 

A couple days ago, a battle was fought in the Hawthorne Neighborhood: Housing Director versus Heavy Machinery.

The Housing Director won.

The full story is coming, but for those who are on Facebook: check out the photo album of Jeff Skrenes. In the meantime, word needs to get out: people who think they can buy up dirt cheap "investment properties" in the Hawthorne Neighborhood and then do whatever they like, without pulling permits...need to think again.

Word is the office of City Council Member Diane Hofestede was extremely helpful in making this property a priority for city inspectors and getting the quick action needed to stop a slumlord LITERALLY IN HIS TRACKS. 

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