Why do we board up the windows of abandoned or currently renovating buildings instead of leaving the glass?

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A small apartment building near my house is being renovated and they’ve removed all the windows and doors and covered them with plywood. Presumably there wasn’t a problem with EVERY window, so why take them all out and board them up? I imagine they were intending to replace them, but why take them out as the very first step in the reno?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

prevents homeless ppl from breaking in trough the window to sleep inside.

bad for several reasons.

1 – ppl living tax-free on someone else’s propety
2 – risk of them taking over the propety due to squatters rights
3 – some buildings are in danger of collapse, people walking inside could get pinned down under the rubble and die

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