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2019-2024: Cuyahoga Land Bank Launches Bold Efforts Across Cuyahoga County for Next Level Revitalization

Since 2009, Cuyahoga Land Bank has been returning vacant and abandoned properties to productive use and thereby increasing property value, supporting communities and improving the quality of life for

Shout Out to Legacy Communities’ Local Businesses

In March, Cuyahoga Land Bank was awarded $10 million from the City of Cleveland to bolster the home markets of Wards 5, 10 and 14. While the beautifying, building and renovating of homes in these

From Vacant Lots to Vibrant Communities: Understanding Land Banks and Their Impact

We’ve all driven through neighborhoods dotted with empty lots and crumbling buildings. Not only do these eyesores bring down property values, they also contribute to a sense of blight, lack of

Five Ways Cuyahoga Land Bank Works to Revitalize Northeast Ohio

Cuyahoga Land Bank isn’t just about demolition or renovating or building houses. Our mission to stabilize communities, reduce blight and improve quality of life for Cuyahoga County residents is

10,000 Demolitions: Building Safer, Stabilized Neighborhoods One Lot at a Time

This July will mark the 10,000th time Cuyahoga Land Bank has positively impacted a community through the removal of an abandoned property. Strong, stabilized neighborhoods are safer and feature homes

Realty Reimagined

The Cuyahoga Land Bank recently established its own mission-based real estate brokerage Ð Realty Reimagined Ð to advance its mission to help people become homeowners. A full-service brokerage for

Doing Good in the Neighborhood

The Rev. Dr. Jimmie Hicks, Jr. believes anything worth doing is worth doing first-class, making him a perfect Cuyahoga Land Bank renovation partner. His extensive leadership drive and success comes

Exploring Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant and Union-Miles neighborhoods, and a housing project aimed spurring development

CLEVELAND, Ohio Ð The Mount Pleasant and Union-Miles neighborhoods have seen better days, but some believe better days are coming. Cuyahoga County Land Bank Charities this summer announced its plan

Bringing Life Back into the Neighborhood

Timothy Austin watched for nearly 15 years as a house across from his home in East Cleveland passed from owner to owner, each one leaving it in a worse state than the last. It fell into disrepair and

Say Yes! Cleveland

One more reason to consider buying a Land Bank home in Cleveland. The Cuyahoga Land Bank has dozens of renovations and new home construction projects underway within the City of Cleveland. Our new