The former St. Thomas Aquinas High School in New Britain is now home to 11 single family homes.

Each home has three bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms and is located in the city’s East Side neighborhood.

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“The school closed in 1999, and it’s been vacant ever since,” Mayor Erin Stewart said. “It’ been a long time coming. The site has been a blighted property in our community for so many years.”

The homes were built using federal dollars allocated to the city’s housing and urban development fund.

On Wednesday, at least 15 people had an opportunity to enter a lottery to buy homes. Each lottery entrant is a first time homebuyer and has been pre-approved by the banks partnering with the city.

“This is a very great opportunity

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