Buffalo urban homestead program

[KevinW]

https://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Home/City_ ... eadProgram

Executive summary: you can buy an abandoned home in Buffalo NY, provided you repair it to habitable condition reasonably quickly and commit to personally live there for at least 3 years.

This is billed as a win-win since demolishing an abandoned house costs the city roughly $20k, and instead they get $1 plus ongoing property taxes.

Seems like a good opportunity for an EREr with DIY skills and enough cash to cover improvements out of pocket.

[Pronoid]

I saw the link for the map but I didn't see any listings of the individual properties. Wonder how jacked up the houses and unsafe the areas are.