Jefferson County Commissioners Gives Loan To Land Bank
July 19, 2014 [Columbus CEO] Jefferson County commissioners gave the county land bank a loan on Wednesday to allow the ...
Hardest Hit Funds demolition policy change on track to become a boon for distressed communities (Community Progress)
In February 2010, President Obama unveiled the Hardest Hit Fund, a United States Treasury program to use Troubled Asset Relief ...
Cuyahoga County Land Bank creates neighborhood smiles
July 8, 2014 [WEWS] Watching the two homes next door to their house on the west side's Camden Avenue slowly ...
Blight and home abandonment now a persistent drag on Greater Cleveland’s economy: Brent Larkin
June 27, 2014 [Brent Larkin, cleveland.com] In a meeting with about 60 senior citizens at the Cleveland branch library in ...
Even in prosperous Middleburg, a few decrepit homes are being torn down
June 23, 2014 [Grant Segall, The Plain Dealer] Even in this thriving suburb, some abandoned homes are being torn down ...
Lake, Geauga, Cuyahoga counties working to remove blight
June 20, 2014 [Andrew Cass, The News-Herald] The Lake County Land Bank demolished its first blighted home on Sept. 30, ...
County Board of Revision forecloses on Larchmere’s Sedlak building (Cleveland.com)
Cuyahoga County officials plan to put Larchmere's long-vacant Sedlak building up for Sheriff's Sale, possibly this summer. If no one ...
County takes another step towards land bank
May 26, 2014 [Springfield News-Sun] The Clark County Land Re-utilization Corporation has been designated as the agency to reclaim, rehab ...
Property values dropping in Lake, Geauga, Cuyahoga counties (The News-Herald)
It’s a mixed bag when one looks into how single-family home property values have fluctuated across Lake, Geauga and eastern ...
Clark County to spend $25K on land bank set up (Springfield News-Sun)
Clark County commissioners are expected to spend $25,000 to hire a consultant to help set up a land bank. Clark ...
Ed FitzGerald introduces plan to create vacant property demolition fund
April 22, 2014 [Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com] While the proposal remains light on specifics, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald has ...
New CLE Program to Give Homes to Families in Need
April 16, 2014 [Brittany Harris, Fox 8 News] In just a few short months, a family in need will have ...
