Allentown seeks funding to boost home ownership, address ‘nightmare’ blighted properties

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…

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