Hall said the foreclosed house valued at $31,000 that he bought in November had been empty for five years, but he planned to move in with his girlfriend and his five children in just a few weeks and had already begun making repairs. “My dream is done now,” Hall said. “Someone needs to man up and take responsibility for this.” The contractor at fault has not returned requests for comment, but the city officials confirmed it’s the contractor who is held liable, not the City of Pittsburgh.