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Westlake’s Church on the Rise joins effort to give homes to homeless families

April 22, 2014 [Barb Galbincea, cleveland.com] WESTLAKE, Ohio -- More than 40 members of Westlake's Church on the Rise already know how ...

Fun Fact! Side Lot Program

The Cuyahoga Land Bank currently has 665 vacant lots in its inventory. And just this week we received great press ...
Did you know?:Cuyahoga Land Bank awarded County veteran housing funds

Did you know?:Cuyahoga Land Bank awarded County veteran housing funds

The Cuyahoga Land Bank has been awarded $100,000 in renovation and financial counseling funds for veteran housing thanks to a ...
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“New” Modern Home for the Price of a Demo!

The St. Clair Superior Development Corporation (SCSDC) has undertaken a creative solution to breathe new life into vacant homes in ...

Fighting foreclosure blight with creativity: editorial

April 1, 2013 [The Plain Dealer] The key to victory is to "know thy enemy," as Sun Tzu wrote more ...

Brooklyn’s Loving Cup Kids Academy opens in former library building on Ridge Road

March 22, 2013 [Mark Holan, cleveland.com] BROOKLYN -- With one snip of a pair of scissors, Mayor Richard Balbier cut ...

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 ...

More than 17,000 Northeast Ohio homes aren’t receiving water and appear to be vacant

March 30, 2013 [Dave Davis, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio--Drive around Cuyahoga County and you can't miss the telltale signs ...

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, 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 ...

Cleveland needs a plan for housing stock: editorial

February 5, 2013 [The Plain Dealer] A clear-eyed master plan to deal with the vacant and abandoned properties that crater ...