Here's an idea: Shame as a tool of neighborhood improvement

NA Confidential still prefers stocks and shackles on Hauss Square, followed by eminent domain proceedings, but here's another, milder viewpoint:

"Dayton has joined a small number of cities nationwide that try to pressure property owners into cleaning up their act by posting large signs on rundown, vacant houses identifying the owners and how to contact them."

From Cities Hope Signs Shame Lax Homeowners, by James Hannah, Associated Press Writer.