Publications
Local Analysis
Observations and Recommendations
How Lima can address its vacant and abandoned buildings and lots to improve community wellbeing.
Read More »A Newark Land Bank Case Study
How the Newark Land Bank is using Housing Choice Vouchers to help people become homeowners.
Read More »A Policy Brief
This brief explains how vacant properties harm Arkansas, what communities are doing to address them, and recommend policy ideas for state/local governments.
Read More »How to Advance Community Goals Through Land Banking and Other Tools
This brief is a product of the New Jersey Land Bank Launch Initiative. The competition for land (with and without structures) is being felt acutely across the Garden State. Since the pandemic, many New Jersey communities have seen markets flip almost overnight, with an influx of new residents who had…
Read More »New Jersey Land Bank Launch Technical Assistance Scholarship
This memo is a product of the New Jersey Land Bank Launch Initiative. This memorandum summarizes key takeaways, observations, and recommendations for the U.S. HART CARES leadership team (US HART) and the City of Atlantic City (City) to consider as they explore implementation of a land bank to address vacant,…
Read More »New Jersey Land Bank Launch Technical Assistance Scholarship
This brief is a product of the New Jersey Land Bank Launch Initiative. This memorandum summarizes key takeaways, observations, and recommendations for the City of Salem (City) and its partner, the Cumberland County Improvement Authority (The Authority) to consider as they explore implementation of a land bank to address vacant,…
Read More »A Tool for Addressing Problem Properties to Serve Community Goals
This brief is a product of the New Jersey Land Bank Launch Initiative. Across the country, over 300 land banks are mitigating the harms of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties on neighbors and neighborhoods, and advancing equitable, inclusive, and resilient communities. Land banks have profound positive impact in the…
Read More »Strategies for Coordinating with the Niagara Orleans Regional Land Improvement Corporation
Recommendations for the City of Lockport to better address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Read More »A Report for the City of Detroit
Recommendations for changes to Detroit’s Rental Ordinance to help more renter households access safe, healthy housing.
Read More »A Memo to the Flint Non-Structural Blight Work Group
Outcomes of the Flint Non-Structural Blight Work Group and next steps Flint can take in stewarding its inventory of vacant land.
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