Well this is what I know, from different local officals, who will stay anonomous...
The "Flat Top" area has been marked as a "No Build" zone, and NO] permits to build, rebuild, improve, etc., in the area can be improved. The local government has the area in a "lock hold" to keep anyone from making the place better. This idea of such polotics, will, in the long run, make the "Flat Tops" an unbearable place to live, and no doubt the St. Mary's "ghetto" area. I had friends who use to live there, and finally moved out because of the living conditions. Houses arn't fumigated, because any businesses to do so, get in major trouble. Also, in the years of hanging out with the friends in the tops, I've only seen one cop car drive through, and he was too unhappy to try and help me out.
Once everyone is run out of the tops, the government plans on building up expensive appartment complexes and charging major ass money to have people live there. Well, thats what i've been told, at least.