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Answering the most common and important questions we’ve heard about property tax foreclosure in the wake of Tyler v. Hennepin County.
Read More »The ARPA SLFRF expanded eligible uses allow funds to be deployed to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in new ways.
Read More »Tax lien sales are one way that cities and counties try to recoup some of the public dollars they’ve spent maintaining properties abandoned by private owners. But tax lien sales rarely fix the problem, nor lead to a vacant property being returned to productive use.
Read More »In the Land Bank DEI Learning Cohort, eight land banks learned how to disrupt racial injustice to better serve their communities.
Read More »A snapshot of Raton, New Mexico and how the city can tackle vacant and abandoned properties.
Read More »Learn about creative placemaking projects by residents of Birmingham, Alabama; Reading, Pennsylvania; and Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Read More »For Kat Guillaume-Delemar, community revitalization is a deeply personal journey.
Read More »How the Cuyahoga Land Bank and a community activist worked together to transform a block one property at a time.
Read More »Systemic vacancy is the community experience of widespread property vacancy caused by the combined actions of people, policies, and processes.
Read More »In 2023, Michigan land banks mark two important milestones: 20 years since the passage of Michigan’s Land Bank Fast Track Act and incorporation of the 50th land bank in the state.
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