Hyattsville Residents Upset Over Vacant Houses

Some commenters on Riverdale Park's Town Talk listserv are getting fired up about the condition of some of .

Here's one post from Hyattsville resident Chris Currie in response to a post from another Hyattsville resident, Nina Faye.

"Don't get me started on that subject, Nina. The house next door to us was literally destroyed by the county's infrastructure failure (storm drain collapse). Eight years later and two failed attempts to fix the storm drain, the county still won't take responsibility for the loss of the neighbors' only asset. (The owners are a mother and son who both are on Social Security disability and can't work.)  
Neither the City Administrator, the Mayor, nor even the County Executive's office (!) have been able to get the county agency to do the right thing. (They are hiding behind a statute of limitations after they denied the initial claim -- although the owner was not mentally competent to pursue a legal action at the time.) So the house sits vacant with an "unfit for human habitation" sticker on it and I don't know where the homeowners are -- last I knew they were staying with friends."