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 ...
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 ...
Board Takes First Step Toward Cook County Land Bank
July 24, 2012 [Progress Illinois] The Cook County Board passed a resolution today setting up a committee that has 60 ...
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, ...
County official sees value in ‘land bank’ of foreclosed properties
May 23, 2012 [Chicago Sun-Times] Land banks, agencies set up to acquire vacant and foreclosed homes and make them community ...