For some Jersey City residents living near the corner of Clerk Street and Carteret Avenue, the news couldn’t come soon enough.

Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) announced on Tuesday an “aggressive” program to rehabilitate 23 of the city’s most problematic vacant buildings.

One such structure sits at 163 Clerk St.

“It’s nasty,” said one neighborhood resident who declined to be named. “You can hear the rats sometimes when you walk by it. It definitely needs to be torn down.”

The JCRA is seeking builders to rehabilitate abandoned properties throughout the city "to improve public safety, the quality of life for residents and stabilize neighborhoods,'' according to a press release from the city.

The hulking structure on Clerk Street has been vacant for some time, according to residents, and appears to be a sore subject for neighbors.

“It's been there for a while, just sitting there,” said one man. “You can see how ugly it is.”

On the other side of the city, at 404 Palisade Ave. in the Heights, another of the “most problematic” structures sits, a large three-story building. It is a noticeable eyesore in a dense residential neighborhood. A three-family home abuts the structure.

“These properties are destructive to the neighborhoods they are in, creating real public safety and quality of life issues for the entire community,” said Fulop. “It is time to take these neighborhoods back and rehabilitate and elevate these communities so we can create real opportunities for future community development and investment.”

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) being issued by the JCRA seeks qualified entities to rehabilitate the 23 worst vacant buildings initially, with the ability to then address the other approximately 900 vacant buildings that are listed on the city’s Vacant Building Registry, according to the press release.

The RFQ seeks to establish the financial status of the potential redevelopers, as well as what types of rehabilitation projects they have completed in the past. The JCRA hopes to qualify several entities, which would be eligible to rehabilitate multiple properties over the course of two years.

The program comes at no cost to the taxpayers as the builders will pay all acquisition and rehabilitation costs, the release said.

To date, Jersey City has collected more than $600,000 in registration fees and renewals, and through enforcement has collected more than $100,000 in fines, court costs and warrants, more than any other city in the state, according to the press release.