Cities Resort to Demolition to Deal With Blight
November 18, 2014 [Mike Wheatly, Realty Biz News] A deconstruction movement is brewing across U.S. cities, in an effort to ...
Hardest Hit Funds demolition policy change on track to become a boon for distressed communities (Community Progress)
In February 2010, President Obama unveiled the Hardest Hit Fund, a United States Treasury program to use Troubled Asset Relief ...
Thriving Communities – Land Banks Gear Up for OHFA Stabilization Dollars
At its April, 2014 quarterly meeting, Thriving Communities Institute (an outreach of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy), county land bank ...
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland “Getting Back in Gear” Summit Draws Crowds
Activists, experts and people seeking to learn more about stalled and vacant foreclosures filled the tenth floor of The Federal ...
County eyes land bank (Herald Star Online)
The Jefferson County commissioners said Thursday they are in favor of establishing countywide land banking, which will allow for vacant ...
Cuyahoga Land Bank Awarded $10.1 Million for Demolitions
On February 28th, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) announced that the Cuyahoga Land Bank and 10 other Ohio land ...
Tax dollars to demolish blighted properties a smart investment in stabilizing neighborhoods: editorial
March 5, 2014 [The Plain Dealer] It is a cold day in Ohio – and maybe the netherworld – when ...
Partner Feature: Following Neighborhood Stabilization Expert Frank Ford
After 14 years at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, neighborhood stabilization expert and valuable Cuyahoga Land Bank partner Frank Ford has taken ...
Cuyahoga County foreclosure rates have dropped back to 2003 levels (WEWS NewsChannel 5)
CLEVELAND - The latest study on Cuyahoga County foreclosure rates seems to show the northeast Ohio housing market is making ...
Fun Fact!: Tax Foreclosure Acquisitions
Since our inception in 2009, the Cuyahoga Land Bank has acquired 1009 properties from tax foreclosure, making it our largest ...
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 ...
Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson calls for more vacant homes to renovated, not demolished (WEWS)
CLEVELAND - Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson says he believes more condemned homes can be saved and occupied by owners who ...
