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La Crosse commission approves two parcels for replacement housing, accepts buyer for student-built home
Summary
The Economic and Community Development Commission approved purchase offers for two parcels (1308 Johnson Street and 823 Avon Street) to use in the city—s replacement housing program and accepted an offer to purchase a completed, student-built house at Ninth Street.
The City of La Crosse Economic and Community Development Commission voted unanimously to approve staff-recommended purchases of 1308 Johnson Street and 823 Avon Street to support the city—s replacement housing program and, later in the meeting, accepted an offer to purchase a completed home at Ninth Street.
The replacement housing program, described by staff member Jonah as a partnership with Western Technical College and Central High School, buys vacant or run-down parcels, demolishes existing structures when necessary, and builds new single-family homes for income-qualified buyers using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME…
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