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What to do with the vacant homes in Cleveland is a quandary

February 3, 2013 [Leila Atassi, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On a late-November afternoon, Cleveland City Councilman Jeffrey Johnson drove slowly ...

Housing prices still beating last year’s levels in Cleveland, nationwide, Case-Shiller report shows (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- House prices continue to outstrip last year's levels, a much-watched report shows. Never prone to boom or ...

HUD abandons land bank deal — and good sense: editorial

December 22, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] The Department of Housing and Urban Development is back in the predatory flipping business ...

US Department of Housing and Urban Development cancels deal to sell foreclosed propertie to Cuyahoga County Land Bank

December 20, 2012 [Leila Atassi, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Since 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ...

HUD cuts off flow of homes to Cleveland land bank

December 20, 2012 [Inman News] The Department of Housing and Urban Development has cancelled a contract under which it sold ...

Shaker Heights’ effort to rehab vacant home complicated by Florida bankruptcy court (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Long gone from the local real estate scene, George and Teresa Kastanes continue to make life miserable ...

Cleveland and Cuyahoga County hope to get millions for demolition

December 10, 2012 [Thomas Ott, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland and Cuyahoga County hope to get at least ...

Cuyahoga County tax lien sale wins over skeptics

November 23, 2012 [Laura Johnston, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County's controversial sale last year of liens on properties with ...

Northeast Ohio home sales continue to rise, October report shows (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In a season when home sales typically slow down, Northeast Ohio's housing market maintained steady growth heading ...

To have a home on Veterans Day: editorial

November 11, 2012 [The Plain Dealer] Today is a good day to visit 1171 Avondale Road in South Euclid. The ...

Consultant erred in analysis of Cleveland’s long-term cost of blight, Councilman Brancatelli says (Plain Dealer)

Correction: A graphic published originally with this story incorrectly said that the city of Cleveland pays the economic costs when ...

Congress should pass neighborhood restoration bill: editorial (Plain Dealer)

Financial predators peddling subprime loans wrecked many Cleveland neighborhoods. It will take more than two decades and $4.5 billion just ...