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City of Erie declares five new blighted properties as work continues

The City of Erie Blighted Property Committee has been working to fix unsafe and unappealing properties across the city, but the job isn't done quite yet. The Blighted Property Committee met again Wednesday, declaring five more new properties as blighted. Erie High students start their on tiny homes for people in need The City of Erie Blighted Property Committee has been around for over 30 years, and since then, it's declared hundreds of properties as blighted across the city. On Wednesday the committee met once again to rescind blights placed on five properties. 'Two of those were rehabilitation and renovation by the redevelopment authority and Erie Land Bank, properties that were conveyed to a developer for rehabilitation, and they completed those renovations and as part of that process, we've issued a certificate of completion and also the BPRC today rescinded the blight,' said Aaron Snippert, executive director of the City of Erie Redevelopment Authority. Snippert said the designation on the other three properties was rescinded after being demolished. Jersey Mike's presents Shriner's Erie with annual donation The work is never done for the blighted property committee. After rescinding five properties around the City of Erie, they're adding five new ones to their list to work on, including one on German Street. 'Those five properties that were declared blighted, they'll be posted with a notice of blight on the property. We'll file a declaration of blight at the courthouse and then we'll look to try to see if the property owner will be responsive to that notice of blight,' Snippert said. Snippert said property owners will have 30 days to respond to the notice, and if they don't respond, then city code enforcement or the Erie Land Bank will look into the property to see if it's worth acquiring down the road. He said many of those property owners are out-of-town companies and investors who buy properties at low value in erie and leave them unattended. Erie Regional Airport Authority hosting Global Entry event And if you would like to report a property to be blighted in your neighborhood, Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.