Vacant Properties

• Nearly 300 emergency service visits to four Kelowna, B.C properties spark bylaw change

  "We were dealing with four specific properties which constituted 287 visits over a one-year period. That's unacceptable, that's a huge drain of the resources within our city."

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2022
  
• Metrolinx to begin demolition of LRT properties in Hamilton

  The last of the properties is expected to be taken down at the end of January 2021.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2020
  
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• Metrolinx expects demolition of LRT properties to begin in November

  Metrolinx says many properties purchased for the now-defunct Hamilton LRT which have been vacant for a year, are 'unsafe' and need to be taken down.

  Oct 22, 2020
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• Demolition of properties purchased for Hamilton LRT to begin this fall

  Metrolinx says they will demolish 21 properties acquired to build LRT which are now vacant, 'to reduce the risk of fire and other potential hazards'.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2020
• Calgary task force to clean up vacant, unsafe properties

  On Monday, the city announced a new strategy that will see vacant properties secured and demolished or fixed within a set timeline.

  Crime

  Apr 10, 2017