Syracuse housing board clarifies Block Challenge Program rules, keeps front-yard fencing option

Aug 25, 2025

The Syracuse Housing Strategies Corporation Board approved language clarifying eligible and ineligible work for its Block Challenge Program, declined to bar front-yard fencing, and heard proposed ordinance changes to preserve a resident advisory committee while avoiding conflicts of interest.

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The Syracuse Housing Strategies Corporation Board of Directors on a motion carried Tuesday approved clarifications to eligibility for its Block Challenge Program and voted that front-yard fencing should not be listed as an ineligible project.

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