PUEBLO — Properties in Pueblo that are health hazards and eyesores may disappear. The Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority is working with the city to create what's called the Spot Blight Removal Program.
The program would allow the group and the city to work with the court system to buy neglected properties as a last resort.
"The number one impediment to a lot of these neighborhoods is lack of investment," said said Jerry Pacheco with the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority. "Lack of investment is realized by them not taking the buildings down or replacing them. So, if we go in, even if it's the government putting replacement housing in there, that's a positive investment."
So far, the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority has identified three properties that would qualify for the purchase and clean up program. The group wants to launch the program by the end of the year.
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