'We buy crack houses' signs stir outrage in Cleveland neighborhood

'We buy crack houses' signs stir outrage in Cleveland neighborhood

A controversial billboard campaign in Cleveland is turning heads?and raising eyebrows. Signs reading ?Yes! I buy crack houses? and ?Your house is trash? I?ll pay cash? have popped up in multiple neighborhoods, prompting backlash from residents and city leaders. Businessman John Williams, who posted the ads, says he?s buying abandoned homes to revitalize communities. But critics say the messaging is disrespectful and racially insensitive. Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin is calling for the billboards to come down.

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