An abandoned home on Mt. Read Boulevard in Greece will be the first so-called “Zombie House” to be renovated under a new county program. Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says the Make Monroe Home program will use a blend of federal and local funds to renovate homes that have been left vacant for so long […]
The Town of Greece has been awarded $175,000 in a grant from a not-for-profit corporation helping local governments fight the problem of Zombie Properties. Supervisor Bill Reilich says Greece will use the money to continue moving aggressively against vacant and abandoned properties. The town adopted a Zombie Property law in April that requires banks […]
Monroe County’s Task Force on Vacant and Abandoned Properties will hold three public meetings around the county, looking for problems that need solving and ideas on how to do it. County Clerk Adam Bello says they’ve been meeting with a variety of interests since April about Zombie Properties: those foreclosed homes and business structures that […]