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CUDC "Design [re] Build" Partnership

CUDC “Design [re] Build” Partnership

The Cuyahoga Land Bank has many opportunities to partner with community organizations to help improve property values through blight removal ...

Program works to remove blighted properties in cities (Star Beacon)

By Mark Todd, Star Beacon CONNEAUT — Bucking tradition, government officials gathered Monday morning in Conneaut to celebrate a building's ...

Ohio will get millions more to fight blight and foreclosures (Plain Dealer)

February 19, 2016 [Stephen Koff, cleveland.com] WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department announced Friday that Ohio will get another $96.6 million ...

Cities Resort to Demolition to Deal With Blight

November 18, 2014 [Mike Wheatly, Realty Biz News] A deconstruction movement is brewing across U.S. cities, in an effort to ...

Why this city ‘removes cancer cells’ of foreclosed and abandoned homes

November 18, 2014 [CNN Wire] In and around Cleveland, nearly 6,000 foreclosed and abandoned homes are being destroyed in an ...

Cleveland’s plan to destroy nearly 6,000 homes

November 13, 2014 [Les Cristie, CNN Money] In and around Cleveland, nearly 6,000 foreclosed and abandoned homes are being destroyed ...
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Neighborhood Initiative Program

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) facilitates the development, rehabilitation and financing of low- to moderate-income housing. The Agency's programs ...

Thriving Communities – Land Banks Gear Up for OHFA Stabilization Dollars

At its April, 2014 quarterly meeting, Thriving Communities Institute (an outreach of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy), county land bank ...
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Cuyahoga Land Bank Awarded $10.1 Million for Demolitions

On February 28th, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) announced that the Cuyahoga Land Bank and 10 other Ohio land ...

Canton awarded more than $4 million in demolition funds (WKSU)

Cities in Northeast Ohio are getting about $27 million to help demolish abandon homes in their communities. Canton was given ...

Tax dollars to demolish blighted properties a smart investment in stabilizing neighborhoods: editorial

March 5, 2014 [The Plain Dealer] It is a cold day in Ohio – and maybe the netherworld – when ...
Did You Know? Hardest Hit Funding Available for Demolition

Did You Know? Hardest Hit Funding Available for Demolition

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) has received approval from the U.S.  Treasury Department to utilize up to $60 million ...