Brandon Street "drug house" to be cleared, sold

Chloe Shaver

Writer intern

Occasionally a neighborhood may have a house that becomes a problem. It may become home to late-night parties, suspicious activities, broken-down furniture, cars on the property, and more. This is the case with a house at 205 N. Brandon St. that has had the reputation of a drug house for about five years. The house has been under close surveillance. Neighbors of this property have been able to report illegal activities surrounding these late-night parties and visitors throughout the night.

San Diego code enforcement planned to perform an abatement on the property between March 14-16. This abatement would evict the residents of the property, who do not own nor rent the house, and remove all solid waste and abandoned vehicles on the property.

According to neighbors, the reason that this property has continued to remain a problem despite community protest is that the owner of the property has been placed in an Alzheimer's care home, and the conservatorship did not go through until this year. The family has taken over caring for the property and has enlisted the help of a real estate agent to file the abatement. There are plans to remodel and sell the property after the squatters are evicted.

Those currently living on the property will be removed and given access to county resources, such as homeless shelters, addiction centers, and more. The owners intend to sell the property and improve the neighborhood that surrounds it, finally giving the other homeowners and businesses on Brandon closure and peace.