County plans land bank for vacant properties
May 24, 2012 [Akron.com] DOWNTOWN AKRON — Summit County is on its way to creating a land bank that will ...
Dollars for demos: editorial
May 13, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] Payback is a beautiful thing -- especially when those bankrolling neighborhood revitalization in Greater ...
128 ‘worst of the worst’ houses slated to be first to fall (Columbus Dispatch)
Columbus’ newly formed Vacant and Abandoned Properties team has identified the first batch of houses it wants to demolish by ...
Cuyahoga County gets nearly $12 million from settlement to eliminate blight
May 6, 2012 [Leila Atassi, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County is poised to receive nearly $12 million from a ...
Mahoning Co. to get $1.5M from state to raze blight (The Vindicator)
YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning County is eligible to receive $1,531,680 from a state attorney general program for the demolition of blighted structures ...
Stark County eligible for $2.3 million in demolition funds (Canton Repository)
CANTON — Stark County is eligible to receive $2.3 million to help demolish abandoned and blighted homes. Ohio Attorney General ...
Cuyahoga Land Bank, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor and City of Cleveland Pledge $14 Million in Preparation for a Match from the Attorney General
In mid-February, Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that he is committing $75 million of the money awarded to Ohio as ...
Ohio Tears Through Blighted Housing Problem
April 5, 2012 [Brian Bull, NPR] Cleveland resident Cedric Cowan was asleep on an overcast spring morning when the roaring ...
Ohio Attorney General Looks to Land Bank as Potential Partner
Ohio Attorney General looks to Land Bank as potential partner to help make use of $355 million to come to ...
LaTourette, Fudge envision bigger demolition money: editorial
March 20, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] The foreclosure epidemic -- coming after years of depopulation and disinvestment -- has left ...
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County allocate $14 million for demolition of blighted homes, hope for federal match
March 16, 2012 [Peter Krouse, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland and Cuyahoga County expect to put up $14 million, a ...
Cleveland seeking millions from state for blighted homes
March 16, 2012 [Columbus Business First] Cleveland and Cuyahoga county are seeking federal dollars and state money from a national ...
