Some of Erie’s neglected homes could soon get a second chance.
The Erie Land Bank is “Keeping Erie Homes in Erie Hands,” preparing nearly a dozen vacant, distressed properties for rehabilitation by qualified local developers.
“We’re trying to get those properties back to productive reuse, certainly we know there’s some value in some of those properties, and they are salvageable, however, they’re severely distressed and they’re gonna take the right developer, you know, to come in and rehabilitate those properties and create them as a community asset again,” said Aaron Snippert, the executive director for the City of Erie Redevelopment Authority and Erie Land Bank…