NEIGHBORS CAN BUY SOME VACANT LOTS FOR $1 EACH

Four thousand vacant cityowned lots in 33 Chicago neighborhoods will be offered to property owners on the same block for $ 1 under a dramatic expansion of a program pioneered by Mayor Richard M. Daley and pushed to the next level by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Starting Tuesday and continuing through Jan. 31, the city’s Department of Planning and Development will be accepting applications at www.

Large Lots. org from property owners in the eligible areas. They can purchase up to two city- owned lots for $ 1 each.

To qualify, applicants must own property on the same block, have paid their property tax bills and have no other outstanding debts to the city.

Lots must be vacant and cityowned with residential zoning. They will be sold “as is” using a quit- claim deed. The lots can be re- sold, but only after five years.

Neighborhoods covered by the dramatic expansion include: Auburn Gresham; Austin; Avalon Park; Burnside; Calumet Heights; Chatham; East Garfield; East Side; Englewood; Fuller Park; Hegewisch; Humboldt Park; Morgan Park; New City; North Lawndale; Riverdale; Roseland Pullman; South Chicago; South Deering; South Shore; Washington Heights; West Englewood; West Garfield an dWest Pullman.

Large lots will also be offered for sale in parts of: Chicago Lawn; Douglas; Gage Park; Grand Boulevard; Greater Grand Crossing; the Near West Side; Oakland; South Lawndale and Washington Park.