This article mentions that historic homes are not available for economic support for renovations. The article is from a daily business magazine in Minnesota, but many of the same debates come up here in Columbia, Missouri, as well.
Many people don’t realize the historic building movement is a fairly new movement, stemming for the 1960s.
For more information, read the article at this link:
http://finance-commerce.com/2011/11/a-historic-debate-growing-about-preservation-rules/