SOUTH BEND -- The city of South Bend has been awarded $1.57 million to help eliminate blighted and abandoned houses through the Hardest Hit Fund Blight Elimination Program, according to a news release from the lieutenant governor’s office.
Along with Fort Wayne, the city was a successful applicant in the second of six rounds of funding that will make $75 million available statewide.
The Blight Elimination Program provides an opportunity for local units of government in all 92 Indiana counties to compete for funding to eliminate blighted, vacant and abandoned houses and decrease foreclosures.
Qualifying properties must be owned by the participating municipality or a partner agency. They also must be beyond repair and not listed on any national, state or local historic register.
“As Indiana moves forward with the second round of funding … I am pleased that we will be able to assist Fort Wayne and South Bend officials in revitalizing and redeveloping targeted areas within their communities,” Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann said in a statement.
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