Blight Authority targets nuisance properties for demolition
Leslie Smith
Leslie Smith is executive director of Blight Authority of Memphis Inc. Previously she served as the advocacy and engagement program manager for BLDG Memphis.
The Blight Authority hears reports that range from structurally unsafe homes with gaping holes that serve as playgrounds for neighborhood children to accounts of bulk pesticides to ward off the rodents and pests that inhabit abandoned properties.
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