The VACANT PROPERTY REINVESTMENT PROGRAM assists municipal officials deal with vacant and blighted properties in their jurisdictions. If the municipality has had no success in getting the owner of the property to bring the property into compliance with their property maintenance code, the municipality may refer the property to the Vacant Property Reinvestment Board. The Board goes through a state-regulated process to encourage the owners to fix up their properties. If they do not comply, the property is determined to be blighted under state law and eligible for acquisition through eminent domain or a negotiated sale. The property is then referred to the Redevelopment Authority’s Vacant Property Reinvestment Program.  If the property is accepted into the Program, the Authority will acquire the property and transfer ownership of the property to the referring municipality.  The municipality has options for dealing with the property.  They can remove the blighting conditions themselves and then keep or sell the property or they can sell the property “as-is” and require the new owner to remove the blighting conditions.  

2011 Meeting Schedule

For more information about the Vacant Property Reinvestment Program contact Aimee Tyson, Program Manager at 717-394-0793 ext 211, or by email.