Posts by Charles Linton
Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress
A letter from our CEO & President about our work in the first six months of 2024.
Read More2023 Roundup: Federal Policy Developments in Neighborhood RevitalizationÂ
Learn about FHA Improvements to the 203(k) Rehab Mortgage Program and other 2023 federal programs and policies in community revitalization you might have missed.Â
Read More2023 Year in Review: National Land Bank Network
Some highlights from National Land Bank Network and the land banking field in 2023.
Read MoreAnswering Big Questions Following Tyler v. Hennepin County
Answering the most common and important questions we’ve heard about property tax foreclosure in the wake of Tyler v. Hennepin County.
Read MoreARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses
The ARPA SLFRF expanded eligible uses allow funds to be deployed to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in new ways.
Read MoreHelping Land Banks Advance Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In the Land Bank DEI Learning Cohort, eight land banks learned how to disrupt racial injustice to better serve their communities.
Read MoreChallenges—and Opportunities—to Addressing Vacant Properties in Raton, New Mexico
A snapshot of Raton, New Mexico and how the city can tackle vacant and abandoned properties.
Read MoreLooking Back at the 2020-21 Community Revitalization Fellowship: Creative Placemaking by Community Leaders from Three Cities
Learn about creative placemaking projects by residents of Birmingham, Alabama; Reading, Pennsylvania; and Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Read MoreVacant Land is More Than a Single Lot—it’s a System.
Conceptualizing vacant land as a system makes it possible to identify where strategic interventions can push the system toward different, more desirable outcomes.
Read MoreLessons from 2023 VAD Academy: Systemic Racism is a Root Cause of Vacant Properties
The key lesson from this year’s VAD Academy: systemic racism is a root cause of vacant, abandoned, deteriorated properties.
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