Steger to target foreclosed, abandoned properties

Mayor Ken Peterson Monday evening suggested the village would formally join the effort at the next village board meeting after hearing a presentation about the South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority.

Russell Rydin, executive director of the East Hazel Crest-based intergovernmental agency, said the group’s goal is to “get vacant or abandoned or underutilized properties back in use…” Please click here to read Dennis Sullivan’s story in the Eastern Will County News.