Marie Angel, 58, who fought city hall to prevent her house from being demolished, may get her dream house for retirement.

        The city lifted a tear-down order and issued Mrs. Angel a vacant-building maintenance license to allow her to fix up the house.

        Mrs. Angel and her son had bought the house at 2519 Warsaw Ave. in Price Hill even though the city had condemned it. She had hopes of fixing it up.

        But the city kept threatening to tear down the house after issuing several code violation orders that were not carried out.

        In a meeting this month with William Langevin, di rector of the city's Building and Inspection Department, Mrs. Angel was given 30 days to bring the house up to city code.

        Her sons, nephew, grandson and friends continued to work on the house, correcting sagging gutters, chipped paint and support structures.

        “I am thrilled with the progress that has been made on the building,” Mr. Langevin said. “The city has no desire to use taxpayers' money to tear down buildings that can be rehabilitated.”

        Mr. Langevin said a vacant-building maintenance license allows owners to work on the building until it can be occupied

        Mrs. Angel hopes to move in in December.

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