Sherrod Brown

Clark County land bank could benefit from settlement (Springfield News Sun)

The Clark County land bank could benefit financially if Ohio receives a share of a private settlement between Bank of ...

Renters could get more rights against foreclosure-related evictions (Plain Dealer)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To get evicted through foreclosure is dispiriting enough.  But to lose your house or apartment through foreclosure ...
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Lee Miles Senior Apartments Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

On a rainy November day in 2011, representatives from the Cuyahoga Land Bank, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), the US ...
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HUD, Cuyahoga Land Bank Reach New Agreement

As the saying goes, a team that works together stays together! This characterizes the three year relationship between the Cuyahoga ...

HUD agrees to contract extension to sell distressed homes to Cuyahoga Land Bank for $100

February 19, 2013 [Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced  a contract extension between ...

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 ...

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 ...

How a Community Demolished Its Way Out of a Crisis (National Journal)

‘BURY THE DEAD’ Rokakis became an unlikely champion of demolition over rehabbing the abandoned houses. “By 2007, it became obvious ...

U.S. asbestos rules foil land banks

July 30, 2012 [Columbus Dispatch] Federal interpretations of regulations on asbestos removal are hampering efforts by cities to tear down ...

‘America’s New Foreclosure Capitals’ includes an old one — Cleveland (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

When the headline on the story reads, “America's New Foreclosure Capitals,” it's safe to say most people hope the city ...

We’re not trying to be flip — there’s money to be made in foreclosures (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

Cleveland is one of the markets where investors stand to make big gains from buying foreclosures on the cheap and ...

Brown calls for end to free pass for banks that abandon foreclosed homes (Insurance News)

CLEVELAND, Jan. 3 -- The office of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has issued the following news release: After a bureau ...