New Orleans' battle on blight seems to be working | USATODAY.com

By Sean Gardner for USA TODAY

Abandoned lots and flood-wrecked homes remain a visible problem on New Orleans streets.

By Sean Gardner for USA TODAY

Abandoned lots and flood-wrecked homes remain a visible problem on New Orleans streets.

Broadmoor, like other neighborhoods across New Orleans, continues to wrestle with abandoned homes, decrepit structures and overgrown lots even as it draws back residents and reopens schools. Katrina left more than 65,000 blighted structures or empty lots across the city — more than any other city in the USA — creating a major hurdle to recovery. That problem is steadily shrinking...

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