The Pennsylvania House has sent the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act to Gov. Ed Rendell for signing, granting neighborhood advocates and Common Pleas Court judges authority to take unoccupied properties whose owners have allowed them to become eyesores.

The bill won the fight with property rights advocates by making stipulations to protect owners, Rep. Don Walko, D-Allegheny, said, ?EUR??,,????'?????<