The Wicomico County Housing Authority (WCHA) has created an unbelievable eyesore on Dulany Ave in Fruitland. I counted six houses on this street that are owned by the WCHA which currently have plywood over the windows and doors. Photos of these houses can be seen below. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.

The WCHA exists in Wicomico County, but since it is funded by the federal government through HUD, I am sure this will be a complicated problem to fix. The WCHA should be forced to sell these properties as soon as possible. A majority of the houses on Dulany Ave. are rental properties, but there are several residents on this street who own their homes. The WCHA should not be allowed to destroy a neighborhood like this. The WCHA owns other homes on this street, and my concern is that we will soon see more boarded up windows. The WCHA properties shown are house numbers 311, 309, 303, 304, 301 and 201. There are two other houses on the street with different owners that also have boarded up windows.

To see the list of properties on this street, use the State of Maryland Real Property Search. Select Wicomico in the drop down menu and click the Street Address button. Enter Dulany in the Street Name box and click Search.

April 5th P.S. The Daily Times must pay attention to their Story Chat postings. I made a comment about these properties following the Condemned Rental Property story on March 4th. Today the paper finally brought this disaster, Boarded Homes Await Renewal, to the attention of their readers. However, the Daily Times did not include any pictures of the properties to add impact to the story. According to the paper, the renovation of the properties will not begin until this summer, which means that Dulany Ave. residents will have to look at these eyesores for several more months.