The Covington Redevelopment Authority purchased 38 properties in Walker’s Bend in December as it continues its goal of revitalizing neighborhoods and promoting new affordable housing.The eventual goal is to purchase more properties there and then partner with a private development firm to renovate current housing and build new affordable housing.Much of Walker’s Bend subdivision was in foreclosure, both houses and vacant properties. The city and authority saw this neighborhood as being on the verge of becoming a slum and hoped to turn it around through concentrated investment, City Planning