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We live on a generally nice block but there is one house on the street that looks like it is condemned but unfortunately isn’t. Searches on property shark show that it has no heat, water or electricity but that it is owned outright with out any mortgage. There is a huge smelly trash heap out in front and it looks as if the facade is about to topple into the street. There are all kinds of stray cats that hang out on the stoop (although there are still rodents) and many a strange individual coming and going from the place and rummaging through the trash heap in front of it. We have been told that at least one of the individuals living there is related to the owner. The place is beyond scary and more than just an eyesore–I think the place is a hazard in every regard and I do not understand how it continues to exist. How does one go about getting a building condemned? is that even something an outsider can do? is there anything or anyone I can call? I was brought up not to be a snitch but I think this house brings the whole block down and I think its fallen into a dangerous state and it can no longer be ignored.