Blight program extended

Logansport will have another year to tear down more dilapidated houses through the state's Blight Elimination Program, according to a city official. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, or IHCDA, awarded Logansport $925,000 in 2014 to demolish 37 blighted houses.

The Blight Elimination Program is backed by the U.S. Treasury Department's Hardest Hit Fund started in 2010 to provide mortgage relief to homeowners affected by the 2008 recession. Thirty-four houses have been torn down in Logansport through the Blight Elimination Program so far, city Clerk-treasurer Stacy Cox said, with two more scheduled this year — 413 N. Cicott St. and 522 Fitch St.

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