DUPONT — In a day and age when elevated interest rates and skyrocketing housing prices are the norm, owning a home is just a pipe dream for many, just out of financial reach.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Land Bank (NEPALB), a public agency designed to return vacant or blighted properties to productive status while adding income to the tax base, developed the Mod-Home Initiative Project, a way to purchase a home through an innovative rent-to-own model designed to help families achieve homeownership.

Sustained by a $750,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) Fund, the Mod-Home Initiative represents an innovative approach to addressing the region’s shortage of affordable housing.

The project includes the construction of two new modular si

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