The empty lots that remain after the city demolishes house helps the neighborhood but at the same time it makes the low income housing options for the community even smaller. City of Statesville inspector Eric Fox advocates that something needs to be done to save the houses that can be saved. I would like to see more homes being lived in by the families that own them, Fox, said. According to City-Data.com, 66 percent of the homes in the neighborhood are rentals. "At what point are you going to stop tearing down the low income housing [on the Southside], Fox said. "Do you see any new construction going up?" Pictured, shoes hang from a wire above a staircase the leads up to an empty lot that used to have a house on Jan. 30 at the 1000 block of Fourth Street. The house that used to be on the lot was demolished by the city several years ago.
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![The empty lots that remain after the city demolishes house helps the neighborhood but at the same time it makes the low income housing options for the community even smaller. City of Statesville inspector Eric Fox advocates that something needs to be done to save the houses that can be saved. I would like to see more homes being lived in by the families that own them, Fox, said. According to City-Data.com, 66 percent of the homes in the neighborhood are rentals. "At what point are you going to stop tearing down the low income housing [on the Southside], Fox said. "Do you see any new construction going up?" Pictured, shoes hang from a wire above a staircase the leads up to an empty lot that used to have a house on Jan. 30 at the 1000 block of Fourth Street. The house that used to be on the lot was demolished by the city several years ago.](https://www.ryanrevock.com/img-get2/I0000uy46mNZ2T7Y/fit=1000x750/AbandonedHomes-13.jpg)
