Every coin has two sides:
The new owner of the house could have left the house "as is" and listed it with the San Antonio Housing Authority. SAHA, under section 8, would love to subsidize housing in our neighborhood. You could see your tax dollars at work. A resident with no incentive to work only to produce more children.
On the other side, the owner has chosen in invest heavily in our neighborhood and to bring the house up to a respectable level, thus attracting the highest price.
A short term mess for a long term result should be weighed accordingly.
Just my opinion of course.