REPORTER ON INDIANOLA AVENUE NEAR PKAR AVENUE SITS THIS MOBILE HOME PARK THAT HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR YRSEA. AS YOU SEE, IT IS NOW BEING TORN DOWN. THE RATTLE, HUMM, AND CRASHES OF BIG MACHINERY DOING ITS JOB ARE SOUNDS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HAPPY TO HEAR. >> I AM GLAD IT IS GOING AWAY. IT IS A DISASTER. [LAUGHTER] REPOER:RT -- >> THE HOMES ARE FALLING APA.RT SO, I MEAN, MAYBE TEARING IT DOWN IS A GOOD THING. REPORTER: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER YOUR VIEW OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK IS GROUND LEVEL OR FROM OUR SKY 8 DRONE, THAREAE SOMETHING NEIGHBORS SAY STARTED LONG BEFORE DEMOLITION. >> IT’S ALWAYS BEEN NOT VERY NICE ON E THE.EY REPORTER: NEIGHBORS SAYS IT HAS DRIVEN DOWN THE VALUE OFHE T HOMES. BUT ALL IS NOT LOST. HELP HAS ARRIV.ED >> IT’S A TOUGH SITE. IT’S BEEN THERE A LONTI.G REPORTER: ABBEY GILROY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT GOES INTO NEIGHBORHOODANS SPARKS REDEVELOPMENT THAT NOW OWNS THIS PROPER.TY >> WE ARE REALLY HOPEFUL WE CAN REPLACE THIS WITH SOME MIXED INCOME HOUSING THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THOSE WHO WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. REPORT:ERUT B BEFORE THE TEAR DOWN COULD START, IT TOOK ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS TO REHOME THE 23 PEOPLE STILL LIVING HERE. >> THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE >> WITH DEMOLIONTI WELL UNDERWAY, GILROY DOES NOT YET HAVE A DOLLAR FIGURE ON WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE REDEVELOPMENT DONE. SHE IS POINTINATG A TENTATIVE START NEXT SPRG.IN -- START DEAT OF XTNE SPRING. WITH A DES MOINES MIDDLE SCHLOO SITTING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THE DISTRICT IS ALL FOR PLANS TO ADDRESS THE MOBILE HOME RKPA THEY SENT US THIS STATEMENT, "THE DISTRICT IS ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE NEW DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT IMPROVES THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING OUR SCHOOL