United States
Topic
Geography
A Community Progress Research Report
As a follow-up to the 2005 seminal land bank text, the new Land Banks and Land Banking, authored by Frank S. Alexander, offers public officials and community leaders a step-by-step guide for taking control of problem properties and then leveraging them to spur smart development and meet community needs.
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Transforming Vacant Properties in Today’s America
This report offers a systemic look at the problem and evaluates actions that can be taken by federal, state and local governments, as well as community organizations, private foundations and real estate developers to stem the tide of increasing vacancy rates and meet the challenges presented by already vacant properties.
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The True Costs to Communities
Compiling research from communities across the country, this report examines the overall impacts vacant and abandoned properties have on communities.
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How to Reduce Vacancy, Advance Racial Equity, and Improve Public Services
This publication lays a general foundation for understanding the property tax system, but specifically focuses on ways to reform the delinquent property tax enforcement process for vacant properties—those properties that pose the greatest harm to a community.
Read More...An Update from the National Land Bank Network
We provide an overview of what NLBN is, the state of land banks in the United States today, and what resources land banks need to thrive.
Read More...Results of a Survey of the Community Development Field
Championing Leaders of Color reflects an effort to uncover and disrupt the systems that perpetuate racial inequity in the communities we serve and the organizations where we work. This report presents findings from a national survey distributed to stakeholders in the community development field, provides insights into data and trends gleaned from responses, and deliberates implications for leaders in, funders to, and supporters of the community development field to consider in service of equitable results.
Read More...Smarter State Policies for Stronger Cities
Cities are often held hostage by state policy—but they don’t need to be. This report by Alan Mallach explains the push and pull between city and state governments, and lays the foundation for a more constructive future.
Read More...A Brief Primer
This brief explains why understanding local real estate markets and how they affect the community is essential to addressing vacant properties.
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This brief explains how equitable, efficient, and effective property tax enforcement can be powerful tool in interrupting the cycle of neighborhood decline.
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This brief explains how equitable, efficient, and effective code enforcement can be successful in preventing vacancy.
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What is systemic vacancy and how is it different from just a couple of vacant properties? This onepager provides a brief explainer.
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Download a brief explainer of creative placemaking, what it is, and why it’s important for communities.
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Download a one-page explainer on how land banks provide positive impact on the communities they serve.
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