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U.S. Reps. Steve LaTourette (OH-14) and Marcia Fudge (OH-11) to unveil bipartisan legislation Monday to fund demolition of vacant and abandoned homes across the country March 16, 2012
Media Advisory
Contact: Deborah Setliff: Rep. LaTourette 440-289-9259 What: Unveiling of The Restore our Neighborhoods Act of 2012 When: 10 a.m. Monday, March 19 Where: 3445 East 69th Street; north of Union Ave. in Cleveland*** Who: Reps. LaTourette and Fudge Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland Jim Rokakis, Director of Thriving Communities Institute Gus Frangos, President, Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corp. (Land Bank) Cleveland Councilman Tony Brancatelli, Ward 12 Officials from other Ohio cities, and possibly other NE Ohio local officials Background: Vacant, foreclosed and abandoned properties are destroying neighborhoods across the country one home and one block at a time. This legislation establishes a bond program to finance demolitions to eliminate blight, recover property values of homeowners who don't want to leave their neighborhoods, and curb crime. The home selected for the press conference is just one block from where a 19-year-old mother and her one-year-old daughter were abducted and killed in in a vacant garage last month. ***Alternate location in the event of inclement weather: Conference Room of Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland, 5700 Broadway Ave. |