State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan and several community leaders gathered in front of a dilapidated house on the South Side to discuss her new legislation aimed at reining in the abuse of land contracts.
At the crossroads of the East Side’s main thoroughfares is the Sharonline neighborhood that represents both the one-time vision of a vibrant, growing Youngstown and the reality of the city’s decline.
The visual might be comical if it weren’t so sad. Behind the disintegrating front porch roof at 226 E. Lucius Ave., on the front door hangs a sign advising that the property has been winterized.
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