Cuyahoga Land Bank

South Euclid will receive $400,000 to rehabilitate, resell four currently vacant houses

February 26, 2013 [Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com] SOUTH EUCLID -- The city continues to make headway as it, like many cities ...

Proposed Federal Legislation could Generate Millions of Dollars for Demolition in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga County Land Bank soon might be empowered to issue millions of dollars worth of federal ...

The tales a ruined house tells: Christopher Evans

February 20, 2013 [Christopher Evans, cleveland.com] The vinyl siding is intact. That's the first thing I notice as Frank Ford ...

HUD agrees to contract extension to sell distressed homes to Cuyahoga Land Bank for $100

February 19, 2013 [Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced  a contract extension between ...

Berea to receive help with foreclosed homes

February 17, 2013 [Joanne Berger DuMound, cleveland.com] BEREA -- A Cuyahoga County agency recommended the city receive a $200,000 grant ...

HUD, Cuyahoga Land Bank reach agreement to help keep blighted homes off market

February 15, 2013 [Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Officials at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

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 ...

Cuyahoga Land Bank searches for alternatives: Expiring contract with HUD could mean no more $100 homes

December 26, 2012 [Kabir Bhatia, WKSU] The Cuyahoga County Land Bank is looking for alternatives now that a federal pipeline ...

Land Bank’s mission excites new director (Toledo Blade)

Cynthia Geronimo has what some might consider an endless task. As the new executive director of the fledgling Lucas County ...

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, ...

Summit County fast-tracking land bank program

June 4, 2012 [Amanda Rabinowitz, WKSU] The idea has been in the discussion phase for years, but the Beacon Journal ...

Lake County takes first steps toward creating Land Bank (Plain Dealer)

The Lake County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Thursday that represents a first step toward creating  a county land bank ...