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Reason(s) persist
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Authorities are unresponsive or they do not follow through (5 groups)
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Government maintenance is limited/slow (4 groups)
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Money issues (4 groups)
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Problems involved in buying/selling/tearing down (3 groups)
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Abandon house owners do not pay taxes (2 groups)
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Unequitable distribution of government resources, wealthy areas rezoning poor streets to Birmingham (2 groups)
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Owners neglect maintenance (1 group)
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Lack of specifying maintenance instructions for owners (1 group)
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Abandoned houses are not government priority (1 group)
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Issues with outsiders buying and selling drugs in neighborhoods (1 group)
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Need to communicate with government, not just neighbors (1 group)
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Population decreases (1 group)
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Racism (1 group)
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Difficulty attending city council meetings (1 group)
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Solutions at individual level
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Long-term
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Participate in the community/neighborhood (2 groups)
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Buy or mortgage abandon houses/lots (2 groups)
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Rehab nearby abandon lots/ houses (1 group)
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Short-term
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Attend city council meetings (4 groups)
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Contact government and report issues (4 groups)
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Individuals maintain nearby abandon lots/ houses (2 groups)
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Pressure authorities to act (1 group)
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Curfew for kids (1 group)
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Sell the properties (1 group)
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Specify whom to contact about the abandoned home (1 group)
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Solutions at neighborhood level
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Long-term
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Hold authorities accountable (2 groups)
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Community support city council representative (1 group)
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Engage community (1 group)
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Neighborhoods work together to address issue, establish a community residents council (1 group)
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Short-term
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Community work together to clean up neighborhood (1 group)
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Raise awareness (1 group)
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Community council inform government about residents’ concerns (1 group)
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Solutions at government level
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Long-term
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Government confiscates, tears down abandoned houses (5 groups)
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Transfer ownership to people who will maintain them (4 groups)
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Build new homes or homeless shelter after tearing down, build new parks for kids in abandoned lots (4 groups)
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Engage community (2 groups)
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Address abandoned houses to also address crime (1 group)
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Provide proper funding (1 group)
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Hire more government personnel to maintain/tear down (1 group)
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City and county governments work together (1 group)
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Adopt anti-blight ordinance (1 group)
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Short-term
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Patrol abandoned houses (3 groups)
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City aids with maintenance (3 groups)
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Charge penalties for lack of maintenance (2 groups)
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Inform residents what is being done (1 group)
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Investigating ownership of abandoned houses (1 group)
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City oversees abandoned houses (1 group)
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