{"id":502802,"date":"2026-01-09T03:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502802\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:12:24","slug":"house-in-philadelphias-germantown-neighborhood-that-collapsed-had-history-of-violations-failed-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502802\/","title":{"rendered":"House in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood that collapsed had history of violations, failed inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"

One day after part of a house collapsed in Germantown<\/a>, CBS News Philadelphia is asking if neighbors were notified of the danger beforehand.<\/p>\n

According to property records, city inspectors knew the home was at risk of collapsing. Seven days before it crumbled, a violation notice deemed the property “imminently dangerous.”<\/p>\n

One day after part of a three-story house came crashing to the ground, Tanesha Green and her toddler took their usual walk from home to a nearby store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I was just glad my kids wasn’t close to it, like anything could have happened, so thank God we weren’t near it,” Green said.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, no one was injured Wednesday when the house located at 175 Hansberry Street partially collapsed onto the sidewalk and spilled into the street. According to property records, it has a history of violations and failed inspections.<\/p>\n

Most recently, on Dec. 31, city inspectors noted in a violation notice that the “Front wall is in danger of collapsing onto public right of way due to severe bulge” and “Front wall and porch actively collapsing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Green said she had no idea about that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another neighbor, James Wasielewski, who lives in the apartment building next door, said there was a small sign posted on the house from the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They didn’t really do anything to really let the street know it was that bad, you know what I mean? Like nobody had a full grasp of how close it really was to crumbling,” Wasielewski said.<\/p>\n

CBS News Philadelphia asked the city what it did to notify neighbors of the danger of collapse.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said, “Multiple Notices of Violations were mailed to the property owner of record,” and “On 12\/29\/25, L&I notices were also posted on the porch.”<\/p>\n

According to city records, the property is owned by Canton Capital Fund, LLC and L&I says they had until Friday to take action.<\/p>\n

CBS News Philadelphia is still trying to reach the property owner and learn whether they knew about the violations and dangers cited by city inspectors.<\/p>\n

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