the city wants to demolish the nuisance behind mullen s home. the court agreed but the owner is holding up the process. we ve taken a couple of different passes. each time we are meeting with considerable resistance from the own are. the city said it has spent $2,000 cutting grass and boarding up windows. she said the smell becomes unbearable. the vacant home is the biggest stumbling block as she tries to sell her home. once they look out back, this section, nobody wants to lock at anything, and i don t blame them. debbie mullens isn t the only one with frustrations. there are other homes and another 14,000 lots. the program has targeted 1,000 homes so famplet as you can see, the process doesn t move fast. do you own a home next to a vacant or foreclosed house. we re working with you. first, keep in touch with the inspections office on the particular property that s causing the problems. second familiarize yourself with it and how to adopt a vacant lot. last but not l