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Safer Rentals, Stronger Communities: Lessons in Policy and Compliance from Detroit

By Charles Linton | March 18, 2025

Watch the recording here » Nearly 50 percent of Detroit households rent their homes, making the maintenance and operation of rental housing stock a priority to protect resident health and safety. At the urging of local advocates, the City of Detroit enacted an ordinance in 2017 to strengthen existing provisions regulating rental property conditions. Though…

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Heirs’ Property as a Vacancy Issue: How Local Governments Can Address Tangled Title to Address or Prevent Property Abandonment and Deterioration

By Maria Elkin | July 3, 2024

Learn how to how to address heirs’ property issues, and examine how these issues intersect with efforts to address vacant properties.  

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2024 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference

By Charles Linton | April 23, 2024

The only national conference dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.

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National Land Bank Network Summit 2023

By Rob Wilson | March 8, 2023

The NLBN Summit is the only national event dedicated to urban, suburban, and rural land banks. Join us in Cleveland, Ohio in 2023!

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Myth Busting: Shared Equity Homeownership in Weak Market Cities

By Pristine Thai | March 1, 2023
Shared Equity Ownership Webinar | Center for Community Progress

Shared-equity homeownership, a model of creating and preserving resale-restricted homeownership opportunities for low-income households, can help any city advance equity and inclusion.

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Understanding the Final Rule: Leveraging ARPA to Address Vacancy and Strengthen Communities

By Pristine Thai | March 1, 2023
ARPA SLFRF Final Rule Webinar | Center for Community Progress

American Rescue Plan Act funds can be used to help address vacant properties and community revitalization. Learn how in this webinar.

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The Cost of a 2×4 is What?! Overview of Lumber Costs and the Opportunity for Deconstruction

By Pristine Thai | March 1, 2023
Cost of a 2x4 Webinar | Center for Community Progress

Using salvaged lumber could be an alternative to the record-high cost of lumber. Deconstruction of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties could be a cost effective and eco-friendly alternative.

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Strengthening Community Relationships to Achieve Equitable Code Enforcement

By Pristine Thai | March 1, 2023
Community Code Enforcement Webinar | Center for Community Progress

Working together with residents, code enforcement can help communities address vacant properties more effectively and equitably.

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Planting Refuge: Violence Prevention Through Vacant Property Greening

By Pristine Thai | March 1, 2023
Planting Refuge Vacant Lot Safety Webinar | Center for Community Progress

This webinar features the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center’s research on vacant properties and crime and the effect of greening to prevent violence.

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LISC Safety and Justice: Collaborative Approaches for Safe Places

By Pristine Thai | March 1, 2023
LISC Safety and Justice Webinar | Center for Community Progress

LISC Safety and Justice will present on their model of collaborative problems solving to address neighborhood crime and safety challenges.

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