Chicago

Land Banking Case Studies: Best Practices

July 3, 2012 [Christina Harris, Metropolitan Planning Council] Cities and counties across the country and in our region are exploring ...

Cook County Land Bank Gets Underway (Chicago Magazine)

Vacant foreclosed properties dot the map of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. So think of the new Cook County land ...

County closer to buying vacant, foreclosed properties

January 25, 2013 [Norridge-Harwood Heights News] What is being dubbed the nation’s largest landbank — an independent agency set up ...

Cook County land bank created to address increase in foreclosed local properties (Medill Reports Chicago)

In a unanimous vote last week, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance to create the Cook County ...

Cook County Board forms largest Land Bank Authority to help rebuild communities (Examiner.com)

The Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance to create the Cook County Land Bank Authority today, making ...

Cook County Commissioner Lays Out Plan For Vacant Properties (Progress Illinois)

Government has tried, with limited success, to address each new wave of the foreclosure crisis. In Chicago and Cook County, ...