Building Coalitions for State Legislative Reforms
Watch the recording here » State laws play a critical role in local governments’ ability to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties. Outdated delinquent property tax enforcement systems and limited code enforcement authority can hamper local governments’ ability to hold owners accountable or get problem property in the hands of more responsible owners. Changing…
Read MoreThe Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act: The Bipartisan Legislative Proposal that Could Help Communities Tackle Vacancy
Join this webinar to learn what the Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act would help land banks offer their communities if enacted.
Read More2024 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference
The only national conference dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Read MoreLive in DC: Alan Mallach’s “Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World”
Join Community Progress at Busboys & Poets for a live conversation with Alan Mallach about how cities can learn to thrive without growth.
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 MoreLand Banks in America: Today’s Movement and What We’ve Learned
Join this webinar to learn more about the new National Land Bank Network from the Center for Community Progress.
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 MoreNeighborhood Homes Investment Act: A Targeted, Bipartisan Tax Credit to Help Communities
Learn how the NHIA could help close the appraisal gap — the difference between the cost to acquire and rehab or build a property and its updated market value.
Read MoreReclaiming Vacant Properties Conference 2019 – Equity First: Revitalizing Communities Together
The ninth RVP, held in Atlanta, focused on efforts to revitalize disinvested communities in ways that meet the needs and preferences of residents, create new opportunities for and with marginalized communities, and rectify unjust land use, housing, and related policies that contributed to decline.
Read MoreReclaiming Vacant Properties Conference 2022 Responding to Crisis: Building an Equitable and Resilient Future
As communities face COVID-19, housing, economic crisis and higher frequency of extreme weather events, there is an urgent need to address the negative impacts of V.A.D. properties.
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