1.0WAMUhttps://wamu.orgadminhttps://wamu.org/author/admin/Why Does D.C. Have So Many Vacant Houses, When Real Estate Is So Pricey?rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tPHFjKuiTl"><a href="https://wamu.org/story/15/10/09/why_does_dc_have_so_many_vacant_houses_when_real_estate_is_so_pricey/">Why Does D.C. Have So Many Vacant Houses, When Real Estate Is So Pricey?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wamu.org/story/15/10/09/why_does_dc_have_so_many_vacant_houses_when_real_estate_is_so_pricey/embed/#?secret=tPHFjKuiTl" width="600" height="338" title="“Why Does D.C. Have So Many Vacant Houses, When Real Estate Is So Pricey?” — WAMU" data-secret="tPHFjKuiTl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document);
</script>
https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/images/attach/img_3631.jpg624351D.C. has more than 1,100 vacant buildings, many in some of the city's trendiest neighborhoods. Why don't property owners do something with the houses, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and why doesn't the city crack down?