Unwanted ‘scavenger’ properties linked to crime, exit from Illinois, Cook County Treasurer says – ABC7 (Chicago)

"We're seeing a correlation between property, vacant land, residences and commercial property that have been lingering on a tax sale list that no one wants," Pappas explained. "We're seeing 50% of the violent crime in the city, in those areas. They're saying, 'I'm not going to stay someplace where there's a potential for gunshots.'" The areas with the most "scavenger properties" are also home to mostly Black and Latinx residents.