Vacant Metro Orlando homes leave neighbors feeling empty

Vacant Metro Orlando homes leave neighbors feeling empty

There’s a squiggle of yellow crime-scene tape on the ground and a notice from code enforcement staked to the front yard of the vacant, one-story brick home near Lake Jessamine in Orange County. The water in the backyard swimming pool is dark and scummy.

Tim Repasky says the brick house across the street from his home on Lake Jessamine Drive has been vacant for two years.

“All the appliances are gone, the water heater and everything,” said Repasky, a carpenter who has lived in the neighborhood since 1985. “There’s nothing left to vandalize.”

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