State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights
Key takeaways, data, and charts from the 2023 State of Land Banking survey.
Read MoreAnswering Big Questions Following Tyler v. Hennepin County
Answering the most common and important questions we’ve heard about property tax foreclosure in the wake of Tyler v. Hennepin County.
Read MoreARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses
The ARPA SLFRF expanded eligible uses allow funds to be deployed to help address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in new ways.
Read MoreWhat Is a Tax Lien Sale and Why Is It a Bad Way of Dealing with Vacant Properties?
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 MoreHelping Land Banks Advance Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In the Land Bank DEI Learning Cohort, eight land banks learned how to disrupt racial injustice to better serve their communities.
Read MoreChallenges—and Opportunities—to Addressing Vacant Properties in Raton, New Mexico
A snapshot of Raton, New Mexico and how the city can tackle vacant and abandoned properties.
Read MoreLooking Back at the 2020-21 Community Revitalization Fellowship: Creative Placemaking by Community Leaders from Three Cities
Learn about creative placemaking projects by residents of Birmingham, Alabama; Reading, Pennsylvania; and Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Read MoreMeet Kat Guillaume-Delemar, President & CEO of Community Progress
For Kat Guillaume-Delemar, community revitalization is a deeply personal journey.
Read MoreTransforming Cleveland Vacant Lots into an Urban Farm
How the Cuyahoga Land Bank and a community activist worked together to transform a block one property at a time.
Read MoreExplaining the Cycle of Systemic Vacancy
Systemic vacancy is the community experience of widespread property vacancy caused by the combined actions of people, policies, and processes.
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