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Baltimore’s oldest vacant house, a 1915 rowhome with a tree growing through its roof, has sat abandoned for 43 years—becoming a haunting symbol of the city’s broken system for dealing with derelict properties. Despite mounting fines, unpaid taxes, and neighborhood frustration, city officials have struggled to act, repeatedly failing to serve owners or enforce legal remedies. One longtime neighbor, who’s cleaned up surrounding lots himself, remembers a vibrant past now erased by neglect. With a developer ready to rehabilitate the site and funding earmarked for the neighborhood, progress remains stalled—highlighting how bureaucratic inertia and lack of political will keep Baltimore’s blight alive, even as residents push for change.

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