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Low-cost loft home conversions make old houses marketable, avoiding demolition

March 30, 2013 [Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Buying a house for $500 would be an indisputable ...

Plan could help cities pay for blighted homes (Columbus Dispatch)

As part of an ongoing effort to wrestle with vacant and abandoned properties in Columbus, city officials will keep an ...

Experts believe condemned houses now affecting all northeast Ohio home values (WEWS)

CLEVELAND - Northeast Ohio housing experts are keenly aware the aftermath of the housing crisis is far from giving our ...
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PBS Puts Its Spotlight on Cuyahoga Land Bank

No one expected the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) would choose the Cuyahoga Land Bank to illustrate how America's cities are ...

Raze the Roof: Cleveland levels vacant homes to revive neighborhoods

July 5, 2011 [PBS NewsHour] GWEN IFILL: Next, taking desperate measures in Cleveland to deal with a massive foreclosure problem ...

Cuyahoga County land bank marks first year with series of accomplishments

July 4, 2010 [Sandra Livingston, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio - A California company was in Cleveland Housing Court and ...

Cuyahoga County must make the most of new land bank

May 25, 2009 [Kevin OBrien, The Plain Dealer] If there is any good news about the foreclosure bomb wreaking havoc ...