Impact Harrisburg has provided grant funding to the Redevelopment Authority for the purpose of expediting the process and practice of tearing down blighted properties within the City. The Strong Plan identified the large quantity of blighted properties within Harrisburg as not only demoralizing to homeowners who maintain their properties, but also as an impediment to further development efforts which will lead to enhanced property taxes and a better quality of life for residents.
The Redevelopment Authority has used the Impact Harrisburg grant to expedite the administrative process of acquiring vacant and blighted properties, clearing title to those properties, and commencing demolition. As a result of this initiative, blighted conditions will be ameliorated and the Redevelopment Authority’s repository of lots “ready for development” will be enhanced.