Land Bank Sees End of ‘Beyond-Repair’ Housing

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Mahoning County Land Bank expects to create a major impact in 2022 through its efforts to demolish abandoned properties and restore and revitalize neighborhoods. The nonprofit community improvement corporation secured $500,000 in state funds to demolish around 40 abandoned houses, expected to start in early 2022, and could raze more than 800 abandoned houses if matching dollars are secured. “The end of Youngstown’s beyond-repair abandoned housing is in sight,â€