Publications
United States
Key Takeaways
This one-pager of our 2025 State of Land Banking summarizes survey results.
Read More »A Strategic Curriculum for Local Practitioners Nationwide
A guide to training your code enforcement officers to help achieve your department’s ultimate goal: Compliance.
Read More »A Practical Guide
Practical guidance and case studies for land banks that want to redevelop contaminated vacant and abandoned properties.
Read More »A Brief Overview
A step-by-step guide for how land banks can redevelop polluted or contaminated properties and put them back to productive use.
Read More »Opportunities for Growth and Greater Equity
A report on the current state of land banks and where land banks are going in the future.
Read More »Moving from Vision to Action for Equitable Development
It is not a coincidence that systemic vacancy—and its associated social, economic, and environmental harms—disproportionately affects Black and Brown neighborhoods. This is the result of decades of racist, inequitable policies and institutional disinvestment. Land banks are a powerful tool to break this cycle of vacancy, coordinate new investments in long-neglected…
Read More »Updated Analysis and Policy Reform Options
Updated analysis for 2024 about the implications of Tyler v. Hennepin County on communities’ ability to tackle vacancy properties.
Read More »Recommendations for Policy and Practice
Policy and practice recommendations for local governments to facilitate, not stop, creative reactivations of vacant properties.
Read More »A Resource for Land Banks and Their Community Land Trust Partners
A resource for land banks and their community land trust partners outlining a framework for disposition policies that incentivize long-term affordable housing.
Read More »A Brief Primer
Guidance for reusing brownfield properties, particularly for land banks that want to tackle contaminated property.
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