Publications
Michigan
Vacant Land Stewardship Research Series
Stabilizing vacant lots through cleanups and regular maintenance can help to reduce the harms of unmaintained vacant land on mental and physical health.
Read More »Replicating Detroit's Make it Home Program
Analyzing cities that have the potential to implement a program similar to Detroit’s Make it Home, transitioning tenants to homeowners.
Read More »Improving Neighborhoods by Repurposing Vacant Lots
This one-page brief explains what you need to know about why taking care of vacant lots can improve Michigan neighborhoods.
Read More »Vacant Land Stewardship Research Series
This fact sheet summarizes key takeaways from recent studies exploring the community safety benefits associated with five common greening strategies.
Read More »A One-Page Brief
This one-page explainer provides an overview of what it would cost to tackle all of Michigan’s vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Read More »A Brief Primer
This one-page explainer provides an overview of land banks and their impact in Michigan.
Read More »Strategies and Impacts after the Great Recession
Ten years on from the Great Recession, we take stock of lessons learned from that crisis and how they might be applied to future challenges. This edited volume, jointly produced by Community Progress and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Cleveland, contains twelve articles by national experts in the field of neighborhood revitalization.
Read More »Opportunities for the City of Bay City, Michigan to Improve Residential Property Conditions and Quality of Life
Community Progress worked with Bay City, Michigan to assess its practices and policies for addressing VAD residential properties and identify economic stability risks due to the pandemic.
Read More »Opportunities to Enhance Home Preservation Efforts and Commercial Vacancy Strategies in Lansing, Michigan
Community Progress worked with the City of Lansing, Michigan to assess its practices for addressing vacant property and identify economic stability risks as a result of the global pandemic.
Read More »Insights from the National Survey on Greening
In this brief from Keys to Success, you’ll find an explainer on the most-endorsed practice contributing to successful vacant lot maintenance: resident engagement.
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