Press Coverage

YNDC was awarded $1,500,000 in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh to construct three new duplexes and renovate four abandoned houses in Youngstown.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) is receiving $1.5 million in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh for affordable housing development.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation announced Tuesday that it will receive $1.5 million in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Program for affordable housing development.

With time running out to spend American Rescue Plan dollars, city council on Wednesday will consider allocating $2.28 million for numerous projects, decreasing a previous land acquisition fund by $1.8 million and setting aside whatever money is left toward the purchase of a new fire truck.

With about 7,000 vacant houses demolished in Youngstown in the past 18 years, those who have played major roles in that effort are working on programs to bring people back to the city and help current residents.