Summit County

2015 Information Technology and Research Department

In 2015, the Cuyahoga Land Bank increased collaboration with other county land banks to license their Property Profile System (PPS).  ...

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 ...

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 ...

County Council Oks final land bank piece (Akron.com)

DOWNTOWN AKRON — Summit County Council adopted the final piece of legislation for the county’s land bank project during its ...

Summit County fast-tracking land bank program

June 4, 2012 [Amanda Rabinowitz, WKSU] The idea has been in the discussion phase for years, but the Beacon Journal ...

Summit speeds up land bank effort (Akron Beacon Journal)

Summit County is speeding up plans to launch a land bank program so it can nab $3.78 million in state ...

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 ...

County Council approves temp budget for BOE (West Side Leader)

DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Summit County Board of Elections (BOE) will receive funding for three months as county officials try ...

Akron: Land bank to target abandoned homes

December 4, 2011 [WKYC] AKRON -- There's one on just about every street in Summit County. In some cases there ...

Relief from the disaster

December 4, 2011 [Akron Beacon Journal] Summit County officials have noodled the idea of a land bank for months since ...

Summit County to launch land bank program (Akron Beacon Journal)

Summit County plans to start a land-bank program to help deal with vacant and abandoned properties. Under legislation being introduced ...