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244 Gentry Street is the latest Park Forest house to be renovated under the SSTI program. (Photo John Hudzik)

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SSTI: Transforming an Empty Home on Gentry St. Into a Move-In Ready Property

by John Hudzik on October 6, 2023

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Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The house at 244 Gentry was vacant for over a decade. The garage, a converted carport, was collapsing. The basement flooded, covered in mold from years of precipitation with no sump pump. The wallboard plaster contained asbestos. The house had traces of feces from animals who made this house their winter home. The roof had gaping holes.