Challenges and Opportunities in Changing Urban Housing Markets
Explore the dynamics behind recent shifts in urban housing markets and what they mean for community development practitioners.
Read MoreSafer Rentals, Stronger Communities: Lessons in Policy and Compliance from Detroit
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…
Read MoreHeirs’ Property as a Vacancy Issue: How Local Governments Can Address Tangled Title to Address or Prevent Property Abandonment and Deterioration
Learn how to how to address heirs’ property issues, and examine how these issues intersect with efforts to address vacant properties. Â
Read More2024 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference
The only national conference dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Read MoreNational Land Bank Network Summit 2023
The NLBN Summit is the only national event dedicated to urban, suburban, and rural land banks. Join us in Cleveland, Ohio in 2023!
Read MoreMyth Busting: Shared Equity Homeownership in Weak Market Cities
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.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Final Rule: Leveraging ARPA to Address Vacancy and Strengthen Communities
American Rescue Plan Act funds can be used to help address vacant properties and community revitalization. Learn how in this webinar.
Read MoreThe Cost of a 2×4 is What?! Overview of Lumber Costs and the Opportunity for Deconstruction
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.
Read MoreStrengthening Community Relationships to Achieve Equitable Code Enforcement
Working together with residents, code enforcement can help communities address vacant properties more effectively and equitably.
Read MorePlanting Refuge: Violence Prevention Through Vacant Property Greening
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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