New Penn Study Finds that Building Remediation Works.

[Metro Jacksonville]

New Penn Study Finds that Building Remediation Works.



PHILADELPHIA – Fixing up abandoned buildings in the inner city doesn’t just eliminate eyesores, it can also significantly reduce crime and violence, including gun assaults, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine report in the first study to demonstrate the direct impact of building remediation efforts on crime. The findings were published this week in the journal PLOS ONE.

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[UNFurbanist]

Interesting stuff! Someone should send this study to the mayor and city council.