BUFFALO, N.Y. — The City of Buffalo is partnering with Evans Bank and other groups to turn more vacant, unused lots into housing.
Twenty-four vacant lots along Adams Street in East Buffalo will be transformed to up to 10 homes and community green space. Once completed, the early estimate is that homes will cost between $200,000 to $250,000.
Mayor Byron Brown says the idea to build housing and a park came from community members who live around Adams street.
"Housing and single-family housing is so needed in our community," Nina Littlejohn of the Jefferson-Adams-Monroe-Madison Block Club said Friday. "Where is it that the urban professional goes to raise a family, to build a home?
"Everyone is not an apartment or a loft dweller, and so we need these single-family residential homes within our community. We have the green space, we have the lot space, especially on Adams Street, at this particular time."
The land bank will oversee the project. They plan to make a decision on the developer in September, with work starting soon after that.