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Join us in Pittsburgh for the only national conference on dedicated to tackling vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Read More »As housing markets recover and boom, not every neighborhood sees equal growth. Understanding the different submarkets within your city is critical to implementing the right vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated property strategies. This webinar will cover how to use data you are likely already collecting to understand how the housing market…
Read More »How many vacant properties are in your community? Where are they? What condition are they in? If you don’t have the answers—or don’t know how to use that data when you have it—you’re not alone. This webinar will highlight how communities can capture a variety of property condition information, map…
Read More »Predictable, sufficient funding is a persistent challenge for land banks. As we anticipate shifts in federal support and agency staffing that may affect state and local budgets, establishing sustainable financial mechanisms to support land banks is more critical than ever. In this training, land bank leaders from Ohio and Michigan…
Read More »Vacant properties remain a significant source of harm to neighborhoods, despite headlines on the housing shortage and booming residential markets.Yet over the past five years, the forces shaping local efforts to address vacancy—including real estate markets, court rulings, and public funding—have shifted dramatically. To continue working effectively, it is critical…
Read More »With small teams and limited capacity, most land banks cannot devote staff solely to communications—but you can still have meaningful impact with a right-sized communications strategy. Clear and consistent communication to the public about your work is essential for telling your story, strengthening community trust, and managing your land bank’s…
Read More »Watch the recording here » The first step of addressing widespread vacancy is identifying the types of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties that exist in the community. One of the more challenging property types to address is “heirs’ property.” Heirs’ property occurs when a property owner dies without a…
Read More »Watch the recording here » The property tax system should help prevent future vacant properties. But too often, these properties languish for years while delinquent property tax enforcement laws and practices trap low-income residents and deteriorating properties in legal limbo. An effective property tax enforcement system protects homeowners and provides…
Read More »The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates that more than $255 million will be available for the fiscal year 2026 brownfields funding cycle. Join New Jersey Institute for Technology (NJIT) to learn about positioning your work as a land bank for success in the EPA Brownfields Grant competition. This training will…
Read More »Join us in Detroit September 8-9, 2025 for the biannual national conference for land banks.
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