EMPTY PLANNING Regarding Sujata Gupta’s “Emptied Out” (May 17 and 24): In my opinion, there are many more dimensions to this issue. One of those is the current level of planning throughout the county. Why, for example, are permits still being issued to builders for erecting new, speculative housing tracts on virgin land? Why not […]
Vacant houses
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Emptied out
There are almost 100,000 housing units in Rochester. Nearly 11 percent of them are vacant. It’s simple economics, says Julio Vazquez, the city’s commissioner of community development. Rochester was built to house more than 300,000 people. It now has fewer than 220,000. The Rochester area’s population has swelled outward — and the inside has shrunk. […]
