Buy the Block is a City of Rochester initiative to build newly-constructed single-family homes on vacant City-owned lots for purchase by low-income homebuyers.
The new homes are located in targeted neighborhoods where vacant land can be assembled to make a transformative impact at the neighborhood-level. Goals include addressing an unmet demand for quality, energy efficient, affordable homeownership housing for low-income buyers; providing low-income households an opportunity to build generational wealth through homeownership; “greenlining” neighborhoods impacted by historic “redlining;” stabilizing neighborhoods through long-term homeownership. 24 newly-constructed, energy efficient, all electric homes are planned in Northeast Rochester. The Greater Rochester Housing Partnership is the developer of these homes, the builder is Atlas Contractors LLC, and Ibero American Development Corporation is assisting with the marketing and sale process. Six model homes have been completed and sold, 18 more are being built for purchase by income-eligible first-time homebuyers.
