No developer is gonna remodel them unless they can turn them into million dollar condos, meanwhile, the owner probably gets to claim them as some kind of tax credit. People shopping for reasonably priced houses get screwed.

Did you read the article?

Ha! I didn't see the link, I was responding to the photo! Also I'm putting the American urban reality into it. If that photo was from Detroit today, I'd stand by my comments.

Great post!