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Grant Will Buy Out 27 Homes Destroyed In Landslide

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - People whose homes were destroyed by a landslide will get some help.

A nearly $6 million FEMA grant will be used to buy out the 27 properties.

The landslide happened two years ago.

Since then, most of the homes have been abandoned.

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Colorado Springs plans to demolish the structures and convert the land into an open space.

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