One of the places to see the affects of abandoned homes on a neighborhood is in housing court. Cases that involve homes that become run-down and an eye sore often wind up in courtrooms like that of Robert Faulkner, the Macon-Bibb County Municipal Court judge who presides over the housing cases.

Reporter Debbie Blankenship followed housing court cases during 2014 and reported in the Telegraph of what happens there.

GPB's Leah Fleming sat down with Judge Faulkner to get his perspective on blight. For Blankenship's full story, click here.

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