Community Resources
Help with fair housing
Learn about fair housing laws and how to report issues with fair housing
Get lead out of your home
Does your home or rental home have lead? Find out how BURA can help.
Help with home repairs
You may qualify for a ZERO to LOW-interest loan for housing repairs through the Rental and Owner Housing Rehab Program!
Down payment help
The Down Payment Closing Cost Assistance Program helps eligible low-income first-time homebuyers with costs associated with down payments and closing costs
Jobs for Contractors!
We're currently looking for contractors!
Roofers, Plumbers, Electricians, Lead and Asbestos Abatement Contractors.
Housing Resource Guide 2023
Need a roof, hot water tank or help with other home repairs? Looking to help protect your children or your tenant’s children from the devastating developmental impact of lead exposure? Find out about these and other BURA services in our Housing Resource Guide!
Success Stories
Niagara Square Apartments
The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency played a key role in phase one of the development of these apartments. The Niagara Square Apartments are located at 270 Niagara Street and features 48 units.
Riverside Apartments
This site was formerly Buffalo Public School #60. The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency played a key role in its transformation. The historic property now features 68 units. It is located at 238 Ontario Street.
Whites Livery Apartments
This site was a historic stable for horses. It was preserved and transformed into an apartment building with 14 units.
BURA Updates
BURA celebrates year two with Eight Days of Hope!
BUFFALO, N.Y. (BURA)- Eight Days of Hope had a wonderful turn out this year in the Lovejoy neighborhood! More than 1,500 volunteers from 34 states, Western New York and Canada participated!
BURA and the City of Buffalo is proud to play a major role in this multi-year endeavor.
The city of Buffalo provided a $750,000 grant from the city’s American Rescue Plan Funding (ARP). The funds are being administered and monitored by BURA, where City of Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown serves as chairman. We’re proud to continue this partnership with Eight Days of Hope. Their work greatly supports our mission to improve the quality of life for our residents.
View full photo galleries on https://www.buffalourbanrenewal.com/bura-blog/
Get Ahead of Lead!
Protect your home, your family and the families living in your rental homes from the life-altering dangers of Lead!
- More information about BURA's lead programs can be found in the sections below and on www.buffalourbanrenewal.com/head-hazard-reduction
- Also more information about the "Get Ahead of Lead" push can be found at www.getaheadoflead.org.
Lead Hazard Reduction Program
BURA offers a Lead Hazard Reduction Program. Through this program homeowners can get help with lead remediation.
The program focuses on neighborhoods in Census tracts 61, 171, 37, and 38. Those areas are the city’s upper west side neighborhood and the Schiller Park neighborhood.
TO APPLY: Upper West Side /Heart of the City Neighborhoods
191 North Street, Suite Buffalo NY 14201
http://hocn.org / 716-882-7661
Schiller Park / University District CDC/Gloria J. Parks
3242 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14214
http://udcda.org / 716-832-1010
Local family gives thanks to Habitat Buffalo, the city of Buffalo, and neighbors during dedication ceremony
BUFFALO, N.Y. (BURA) – The City of Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning, Habitat for Humanity Buffalo, and the Hamlin Park Taxpayers Association are celebrating the completion of the very first house through the city’s Immediate Infill Housing Program.
The program takes properties that are not suitable for redevelopment, and immediately replaces them with a brand-new home built from the ground up!
We're currently looking for contractors!
Roofers, Plumbers, Electricians, Lead and Asbestos Abatement Contractors.
HOW TO APPLY
Click the PDF / Fill it out and send to:
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
Room 315 City Hall
65 Niagara Square, Buffalo NY 14202
OR VIA EMAIL
eprodriguez@city-buffalo.gov
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Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
920 City Hall
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-851-BURA
716-851-GROW
Bura’s Mission: "The City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency, strives to promote the expeditious undertaking, financing and completion of community development programs and create quality and vibrant urban living in Buffalo New York through neighborhood driven development projects. BURA achieves community development through expenditures development of and rehab of existing houses and or apartments and offering technical and financial assistance to businesses and provides technical assistance and compliance to the City of Buffalo."
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