A complex road to redevelopment for Homewood properties

A complex road to redevelopment for Homewood properties

Dozens of houses on Hamilton Avenue in Homewood sit vacated and decaying, their windows smashed, wooden porches splintering and lawns overgrown — as they have for at least two decades.It wasn’t like that, however, when resident Amber Sloan grew up in the area. She remembers block parties and people sitting out on their porches talking to neighbors. Now, the population has dwindled and the properties have become an eyesore, community group leader…