Publications
Community Revitalization
A Brief Primer
What is systemic vacancy and how is it different from just a couple of vacant properties? This onepager provides a brief explainer.
Read More »Insights and Recommendations for Developers, Philanthropists, Land Banks, and Other Stakeholders
The challenges under-resourced affordable housing developments face and how key partners can support them.
Read More »We explore how community engagement, creative placemaking, and public-private investment are helping revitalize vacant and deteriorated properties in historic Black commercial corridors, drawing lessons from Alabama communities and across the country.
Read More »Five recommendations for Detroit’s 2026 mayoral administration to leverage the city’s 175,000+ vacant and abandoned properties for housing, open space, and other uses that revitalize the city, and build on progress to address vacancy to date.
Read More »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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