Cleveland, land bank and others get $41 million to demolish, rehab and improve neighborhoods
January 14, 2010 [Joan Mazzolini, The Plain Dealer] Cuyahoga County's new land bank, along with its partners, received nearly $41 ...
Sustainable neighborhoods through creative use of land banks
January 1, 2010 [Kevin J. Nowak, Ohio Planner's News] In February 2009, Governor Strickland signed into law S.B. 353, authorizing ...
Fannie Mae is dealing responsibly with foreclosed properties in Cuyahoga County – editorial
December 19, 2009 [The Plain Dealer] The unprecedented agreement just inked between the Cuyahoga County land bank and mortgage monolith ...
Fannie Mae and the new Cuyahoga County land bank forge unique agreement
July 29, 2020 [Gus Chan, Plain Dealer] The new Cuyahoga County land bank and Fannie Mae have forged a unique ...
HUD gives first dibs on low-value houses in Cleveland to the city and nonprofit groups
November 21, 2009 [Sandra Livingston, The Plain Dealer] HUD's Cleveland plan How it works: Properties valued at less than $20,000 ...
Complex finances to help get county land bank going
October 22, 2009 [Plain Dealer] Cuyahoga County plans to lend itself $20 million to help kick-start the fledgling land bank ...
Transforming abondoned properties into parks, housing may get easier
October 21, 2009 [Dayton Daily News] COLUMBUS — Montgomery County would get a new tool to transform vacant and abandoned ...
Cleveland should avoid investing too much in weaker neighborhoods, study finds
October 14, 2009 [Joe Guillen, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland’s limited resources should be poured into its strongest ...
Cuyahoga County land bank close to acquiring 1st properties, considers foreclosure-averting “better bank”
August 30, 2009 [Sandra Livingston, The Plain Dealer] Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis on his proposed "better bank": "If we ...
County land bank will help Berea
August 13, 2009 [Jarrod Zickefoose, Sun News] BEREA -- The city plans to take advantage of the newly created Cuyahoga ...
Land banks gain popularity as a way to fight urban blight
July 9, 2009 [Kathleen Gray, USA TODAY] In downtown Flint, the historic Durant Hotel sat empty for more than 30 ...
Ohio’s first countywide land bank is now operating in northeast Ohio
June 11, 2009 [Kevin Niedermeyer, WKSU] After nearly 2 years of planning and lobbying, Cuyahoga County's land bank has officially ...
