Trumbull gets funds to demo 75 more homes

WARREN

The $982,616 awarded this week to the Trumbull County Land Bank will enable the nonprofit Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership to demolish about 75 more homes in addition to the 150 it still is working to remove.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency announced Monday that Trumbull County will get the third-highest amount among the seven Ohio counties being funded in this round.

The counties receiving the most were Cuyahoga with $2.7 million and Lucas with $2 million. The others are Ashtabula, Lorain, Montgomery and Richland, all getting $296,034 more. The money was left over from earlier awards.

The Trumbull Land Bank and TNP have carried out 70 demolitions so far with the $3.2 million the Ohio Housing Finance Agency awarded the land bank in 2014. An additional 50 are under demolition contract, and 125 more to be demolished have been identified, said Matt Martin, executive director of TNP. With the new funding the total that can be removed is close to 300.

Read more about the demo program in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.