First Place Bank starts rehab on Canfield home once called 'deplorable'

CANFIELD — First Place Bank wants to breathe new life into a home that Canfield police once described as deplorable.

The bank, which owns the property at 535 Brookpark Drive in foreclosure, has hired a contract company to begin the rehabilitation process on the home, said City Manager Joe Warino.

The 4,596-square-foot home, which was owned by Georgia Holowach, has a total market value of $344,600 and was built in 1967, according to the Mahoning County Auditor’s website.

The home has been vacant since October 2009, after Holowach’s daughter Betsy Spin, 32, and her husband Brian Spin, 38, were found living there amid garbage, mold and animal and human waste with their two small children and at least 12 dogs and cats.

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