Properties at 231 Humboldt (left) and 17 Glendale (right) were renovated through the college’s Hamlin Park Initiative.
Canisius employees are eligible to purchase homes renovated as part of the Hamlin Park Initiative through the college’s Employer Assisted Housing Program (EAH).
The EAH Program enables eligible, full-time Canisius employees to purchase homes in the city of Buffalo. Employees receive grants in the form of forgivable loans to assist with down payments or closing costs associated with the purchase of homes in eligible neighborhoods. Loans are forgiven over five years assuming that the employee remains with the college and lives in the home. Because the two newly-renovated homes are within the Hamlin Park neighborhood, they qualify for an enhanced benefit: a loan of 10 percent of the purchase price or $7,000, whichever is less.
Since its inception in 2002, the EAH Program has assisted 30 Canisius employees to purchase homes in Buffalo.
The properties at 17 Glendale and 231 Humboldt Parkway are ready for sale through the Hamlin Park Initiative. In partnership with Belmont Housing Resources of Western New York, renovations to the homes included new roofs, gutters, windows, masonry repairs and paint, as well as interior upgrades to the electrical, lighting, plumbing and heating systems. The kitchens and bathrooms were also modernized.
Interior of 231 Humbolt Parkway
For information about the purchase of the newly-renovated homes, contact Tom Oakley at Belmont Housing Resources at 884-7791 or toakley@belmonthousingwny.org.
Submitted by: Office of Public Relations
