We then subsidized them with our tax dollars. Now we will do the same with student housing. Empty buildings and apartments do not bring in money to care for and repair them. Our elected officials are upset over derelict housing, weedy and neglected properties. We've lost 3,000 people no matter how creatively the local news and politicians slant the figures.
Nobody is fooled.
There are houses for sale on every block, and I agree with Ms. McGreevy that encouraging ownership of many of these properties is more constructive than building yet another complex. Kimi-Scott McGreevy has her finger on the bigger picture and it isn't a pretty one.