What is Blight?
Any vacant/abandoned structure with the following characteristics:
- Unfit for habitation
- A public nuisance
- Structurally unsound with imminent danger of collapse
- No utility service(s)
- Presence of vermin
- Home for vagrants
Blight Mitigation Initiative
The Butler County Blight Mitigation Initiative (BCBMI) is a comprehensive multi-pronged approach consisting of:
- Prevention
- Education
- Enforcement
- Acquisition
- Housing Rehabilitation
- Demolition
Program Goals
- Create stronger and more secure quality of life thus creating attractive places to live by eliminating dangerous sub-standard housing
- Reduce crime including drug blight
- Promote housing stability and an increased tax base
- Provide communities with the ability to improve their oldest housing units and ensure retention of homeowners and renters
- Support housing maintenance through community education
- Reduce neighborhood density through the elimination of non-productive structures
- Increase property values and marketability
- Provide increased local revenue and property taxes
- Promote community stability