The city of Atlanta could soon take more control over how it deals with “nuisance” properties.
This, after Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an executive order this week promising more scrutiny on the issue.
The order doesn’t define what a nuisance property is, nor what the city will do to address them, but it does link them with public health, welfare and safety.
Dan Immergluck, a professor of urban studies at Georgia State University, pointed out his concerns with the order’s vague language.
“It really leaves open the implementers, the police, code enforcement, or others, to define that,” Immergluck said.
