Three years ago when running for the City Council, the No. 1 issue on people’s minds as I went door to door was the condition of housing and the visible decay of their neighborhoods.

On most every block, people had stories about once single-family homes turned into apartments or single-family homes that had long been vacant and the impact these happenings were having on their neighborhoods. I particularly recall an elderly woman on Academy Street, whose home was neatly kept and cared for amidst properties in chaos, say to me in tears, “You should have seen how it used to be.”

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