Extreme Makeover: Fourth Ward Edition

By BETH WHEELOCK Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

Podcast Episode

WCLO's Beth Wheelock reports on the start of the city's renovations to an historic home.

The house at 189 South High St. in Janesville is getting a facelift, thanks to a city program for home rehabilitation.

The city purchased the home in order to renovate it and resell it to a low- or moderate-income family. Neighborhood Development Specialist Kelly Lee says the house isn't in terrible shape, but it's currently divided into two units. City workers tore down a wooden addition late last week in order to make room for a new garage.

The city's "Buy, Rehab, Resell" program helps reduce density in low-income neighborhoods.

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