October 23, 2009

Joined by Senator Charles Schumer, Secretary Shaun Donovan completed a two-city tour through Upstate New York today.

In Buffalo, Secretary Donovan toured an area that was plagued with vacant homes and later turned into an urban farm as a solution to transform the blighted neighborhood. He also visited a home that is being renovated by PUSH and YouthBuild which received $69,000 from HUD’s HOME program funding.

Later in the afternoon, Secretary Donovan stopped in Syracuse. He visited two separate vacant homes that will be rehabbed through a partnership with Home HeadQuarters, St. Joseph Hospital, Near West Side Initiative, and Syracuse University. He also visited a home that was rehabbed through a partnership between Near West Side Initiative and Syracuse University.

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