An excavator sat atop a mound of trash on Pensacola Street that used to be a house and began the process of hauling it away Thursday, much to the relief of neighbors who have complained for years about the eyesore.
The operator of the excavator wore a ventilator and a hazmat suit to protect against lead paint in the debris. A worker trained a hose on the mound to keep down dust. Observers covered their noses to stifle the acrid smell, probably from the burnt remains of the structure.
“Even though there’s a lot of these lots, and we would like to help the communities resolve these situations, it’s really a resource capacity constraint on us to get it done,” Formby said. to seize the property using eminent domain earlier this year. The legal process to acquire the lot should take two years, said council member Calvin Say, who represents Makiki. In the meantime, a court order gave the city control of the property, allowing it to tackle the mess.“When you delay action for that long, the problems always multiply,” Ross said. “There really is a problem with abandoned homes, squatters and fires.
, a nonprofit that provides services to homeless people and advocates for changes to the networks serving them. She lives near the Pensacola house as well as another abandoned property on Kinau Street that went up in flames after squatters moved inside in 2019.“My only conclusion is it just never rises to a priority,” she said.
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