[FONT=Verdana]Cleveland City Council will consider Mayor Frank Jackson's proposal to spend more than 14 million dollars on demolishing abandoned homes. The money is part of Cleveland's 25.5 million dollar share from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program signed into law last July. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]The Housing and Urban Development funds are intended specifically to help cities deal with problems stemming from the foreclosure crisis. Mayor Jackson has made tearing down abandoned and dilapidated homes a priority. His legislation would spend 14.5 million dollars of the HUD money to demolish about 1,700 homes. The rest would be used for other neighborhood housing programs. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]Council is also weighing a second measure - one that would mark a turning point in the relationship between Cleveland and HUD. Anthony Brancatelli has long complained about the agency