Blight continues to disappear in New Orleans, report shows

Using U.S. Postal Service records, researchers found that some 54,000 properties across town remain blighted or have no structure on them, while nearly 7,500 homes are likely habitable but vacant.

The new statistics continue a trend of diminishing blight. The data centerreported in May that New Orleans was home to about 65,900 vacant or unoccupied properties.

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