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Learn how vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties—referred to by some as “blighted properties”—pose significant costs to public health, property values, and local taxpayers.
Read More »Ways that land banks and under-resourced developers can collaborate to build green, affordable infill housing.
Read More »Proactive rental inspection programs shift code enforcement from reactive to strategic, identifying health hazards like lead paint, mold, and broken heating before they harm tenants or push properties toward vacancy. Learn how local governments design effective programs, with examples from cities across the country.
Read More »Land banks are well-positioned to engage in brownfield redevelopment. As public entities with unique powers to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties, land banks can help communities return these properties to productive use in alignment with community goals. A growing number of communities across the country are seeing land banks…
Read More »Home repair is a core strategy to stop properties from becoming vacant in the first place.
Read More »What data sources you should be looking at if you’re interested in understanding, tracking, and solving property vacancy in your community.
Read More »How to write a session proposal for the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference that will get noticed.
Read More »Learn how Newark, New Jersey is leveraging an underutilized HCV provision to make homeownership a reality for low-income residents.
Read More »Examples of how philanthropic partnerships have helped land banks launch new programs to revitalize communities.
Read More »Examples of live-work unit projects that are transforming their neighborhoods through creative placemaking.
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