[StBernard] Road Home Homes

[Westley Annis]

I think this is a good idea if it could be worked out and the houses next
door (or behind) could be offered to the neighbors. I have seen lots and
lots of houses with demo stickers on them that are perfectly sound and could
be fixed.  It seems like such a waste to tear them down.  
 
Laurie


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> Craig:

> 

> Thanks for the clarification regarding the issue of selling/purchasing

> "Road Home homes" . Can item 4 (if neither interested, sell 100% to

another

> pary" be revised to offer the property to the homeowner living "behind"

the

> Road Home home? We would like to purchase the property behind us, assuming

> the sale price is affordable. Also, I assume that the sale of these homes

> will be after they are demolished and only a slab is left. Can the sale of

> these properties start, using the path you suggested, be purchased before

> demolition, at the price the parish expects to receive for the lot? From a

> personal perspective, my son could purchase the home behind us, within 90

> days we could have the windows, doors, and electrical work completed, and

> shortly thereafter, the sheet rock and painting could be completed. My son

> could then use his GI bill to refinance the home.

> 

> I would not want to see the process have a bottle-neck trying to

accommodate

> the sale of homes, so the only change I am suggesting is that the property

> be sold "as is" when it becomes available for sale. If it has already been

> demolished, so be it. If it has not been demolished, then we are

preserving

> another home site.

> 

> I don't want to create another obstacle to what I consider to be a good

plan

> that insures the property will be maintained, but I don't see where we

would

> change the process significantly, since the schedule for demolition

remains

> as originally scheduled. Also, if someone purchases a slab, is there an

> established time-frame for the new homeowner to have the slab removed?

> 

> Your comments, as always, would be greatly appreciated.

> 

> JFR