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Transfer of Vacant Properties, Partnership with CMHA Supports Broader County Housing Initiatives
After more than a year and a half of coordination, persistence and partnership, a significant portfolio of vacant single-family homes and lots from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA)
The Rise of the Female Homebuyer: How Women Are Shaping the Housing Market
In recent years, women have emerged as a powerful force in the U.S. housing market. Although married couples still make up the largest share of buyers, single women are increasingly leading home
Land for a Purpose: How Cuyahoga Land Bank Helps Power Green Infrastructure Across the County
For more than a decade, Cuyahoga Land Bank has played a quiet but critical role in strengthening our region’s infrastructure not just by returning vacant properties to productive use, but by
Building Markets, Not Just Housing: The Case for Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
For decades, conversations about housing in disinvested communities have been framed almost entirely around affordability. While well-intentioned, that framing often misses the deeper issue and, in
Land Bank 2026: Plans for Growth
Exporting Expertise, Expanding Community Engagement in 2026 Last year, Cuyahoga Land Bank transitioned from a near-exclusive focus on residential work by adding more commercial and industrial
LAND BANK 101: Meet Community Stabilization Team Member Vince Adamus
The Cuyahoga Land Bank and staff do the type of community development work that often doesn’t receive a lot of fanfare. The newly-launched, Land Bank 101 ‘Meet the Team’ series seeks to
Land Bank Battles Titles, Taxes and LLCs for Miceli Expansion
It took years to put together the multiple adjacent acres of land Miceli Dairy Products needed to break ground on a $13-million expansion project just off Cleveland’s Opportunity Corridor. The
Cuyahoga Land Bank’s 2025 Year in Review
Last year was a big year for Cuyahoga Land Bank and a milestone year for some of the region’s largest and most beleaguered housing and development projects. In 2025 patience paid off for a number
Cuyahoga Land Bank Completes Rare Reno in Residentially Sparce North Randall
The Cuyahoga Land Bank staff jumped at the rare opportunity to renovate one of the about 150 single-family detached homes that exist within the 500-acres of the traditionally industrially-dense
Cuyahoga Land Bank-Benedictine Partnership Benefits Buckeye Neighborhood
For nearly 100 years, Benedictine High School has been an anchor, a consistent presence really, on the southern border of East Cleveland in the Buckeye