Friday, August 24, 2007

New Buffalo plan to demo 5,000 houses

Yesterday, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown announced a plan to demolish 5,000 Buffalo houses, an effort he expects will take 5 years, and cost $100 Million. The financial plan calls for a mix of state, federal, city, and even private money. Read more here at Buffalo Rising Online.

Ironically, this Buffalo Rising article is immediately followed by another titled "Investments in our neighborhood housing stock," which looks into, and praises, several recent efforts to rehabilitate Buffalo houses.

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