Altoona Redevelopment Authority scaling up blight battle
At a meeting of the city Redevelopment Authority Friday, the board agreed to sell two blighted homes to developers under renovation agreements, while also receiving reports on nine other renovation projects at various stages of completion involving blighted or financially encumbered structures. Friday’s activity represents the continued “scaling up” of an initiative designed to use measures exclusively available to government to rescue problem properties that would otherwise slide toward demolition, usually by removing obstacles, so the properties become attractive for private ...
