Fighting for Federal Foreclosure Funds

One of the primary functions of the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative is to aggressively lobby for sufficient resources needed to address the vacant property crisis facing the Mahoning Valley. To date, the MVOC has raised several million dollars to fund initiatives related to vacant property reclamation. In October 2008, the City of Youngstown did not receive an equitable allocation from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program and the city …

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