ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown could launch a program next year to tackle “nightmare” properties and open up home-ownership for low-income residents.
The city’s Redevelopment Authority on Wednesday unanimously approved plans to apply for up to $1.5 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh to fund the program.
The authority would use the funding to rehabilitate 10 single-family homes, according to Mark Hartney, deputy director of Allentown’s department of community and economic development…