Summit County to launch land bank program (Akron Beacon Journal)
Summit County plans to start a land-bank program to help deal with vacant and abandoned properties. Under legislation being introduced ...
Holly Brinda wants city involved in land bank (The Chronicle-Telegram)
ELYRIA — Mayor-elect Holly Brinda wants Elyria to take the lead in the creation of a county land bank through ...
Cuyahoga home sales and home prices down angain this year: Sunday’s Numbers (Plain Dealer)
9,168: Number of single-family homes sold in Cuyahoga County, excluding sheriff's deeds, through October of 2011, down 10 percent from ...
Plan could help cities pay for blighted homes (Columbus Dispatch)
As part of an ongoing effort to wrestle with vacant and abandoned properties in Columbus, city officials will keep an ...
Experts believe condemned houses now affecting all northeast Ohio home values (WEWS)
CLEVELAND - Northeast Ohio housing experts are keenly aware the aftermath of the housing crisis is far from giving our ...
Land Bank’s Reasearch, Funding Skills Win Fans in the Motor City
When the Center for Community Progress drew up its agenda for Land Bank Conference 2011 in Detroit, planners knew they ...
Investing in change: County Treasurer’s idea to stabilize property-tax collections is worthy (Columbus Dispatch)
A proposal by Franklin County Treasurer Ed Leonard to set up a nonprofit corporation that could rapidly acquire, fix up ...
Butler County land bank in early stages (The Oxford Press)
Hamilton wants Butler County to have a land bank, a legal authority to gain control of vacant, abandoned and foreclosed ...
University Circle East Groundbreaking (Youtube)
The Cuyahoga Land Bank partnered with University Circle Inc, Cuyahoga County and the City of East Cleveland to extend the ...
Euclid database seeks to fill vacant properties (The News-Herald)
Euclid city officials have created a system in the hopes of reducing the amount of vacant land within the city ...
Can Planting vegtables in vacant lots save Cleveland? (Wired Science)
Backyard vegetables can fight crime, improve health, and boost the economy. By transforming its vacant lots, backyards and roof-tops into ...
Foreclosed homes in Cuyahoga are significantly more likely to remain vacant for years, Federal Reserve study finds (Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Foreclosed homes in Cuyahoga County are more likely to remain vacant up to five years after they're ...
