Update: In all, 2,841 applications were received.
The deadline for property owners to apply to purchase one of 3,844 city-owned lots near them for $1 in these 34 community areas is in 15 days and there are only 1,990 applications.
That means 1,854 or more “Large Lots” haven’t been applied for. The number could be higher if some of those applications were for the same lot that someone else applied for.
The application period opened on November 29, a few days more than six weeks ago.
The Large Lots website received 603 applications by the next morning, so the application rate was very high early on. Within a week, property owners submitted over 1,000 applications.
Do you own a property on the South or West Sides? There might be a Large Lot available near you, so apply now. You can build certain things on it after acquisition, you’ll start paying property taxes on it, and you can sell it after five years. Here’s what else you can do with the property.