After receiving $2.88 million form the state to deal with abandoned homes, Muncie city officials met with the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority on Monday via a webinar, where the agency detailed the next steps for the city.
“It wasn’t anything of interest to the community yet, [just] telling us how to fill out paperwork and file a public notice and how to do claims with [the program],” said Terry Whitt Bailey, director of community development in Muncie. “[We discussed] how to present the properties and go through the process.”
Bailey added they will putting public notices around town about a formal meeting to discuss the process with which the city will use the money and what people can do on Oct. 7.
“It was mainly a logistics webinar,” she said.
In late July, the Indiana Blight Elimination Program, which receives $75 million out of the total $221.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund, awarded Muncie $2.88 million for the removal and replacement of dilapidated structures. The money will also be invested in redeveloping the Gilbert Historical District.
The city applied for $4 million and was awarded $2.88 million. Muncie will apply for more during the next round of selection in the program.
“We are really excited we received the most money out of the other districts around here."
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