Ryan Spearheads Effort to Fight Neighborhood Blight
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13, Ohio, along with U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-1, W. Va., introduced legislation Tuesday that would provide federal funds to raze abandoned houses, clear vacant lots and help with neighborhood revitalization. The Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2018 would authorize the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to states that would use the funds to eliminate blight in hard-hit neighborhoods. Ryan said in aCopyright 2022 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.