Publications
State & Local Analysis
This dashboard is an interactive, regularly updated federal legislative tracker focused on bills and policy actions that affect community revitalization. It organizes key information on proposals in Congress—such as bill status, sponsors, subject area, and key provisions—so you can quickly understand what’s moving in federal policy and how it may impact local work on vacant property, housing, economic development, and neighborhood stability.
Read More »Community Progress Code Enforcement TA Scholarship Memo
How the City of Jackson, Mississippi is using code enforcement strategies to address vacant and abandoned properties and revitalize neighborhoods.
Read More »Regarding Approach to Acquisition and Disposition of Nontraditional Properties
The memo outlines 12 recommendations for the WCLB to improve disposition of challenging properties, strengthen partnerships, and align operations with broader goals for housing, sustainability, and economic development.
Read More »A Memorandum for the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority
A memo for the Calhoun County Land Bank suggesting program and policy changes to support “legacy purchases” of heirs’ property.
Read More »Examining Heirs' Property in Three Rural Georgia Counties
This project of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government examines the scale of heirs’ property across three Georgia counties.
Read More »Celebrating 10 Years of Land Banks in New York
This report, prepared for the New York Land Bank Association (NYLBA), documents and celebrates the remarkable rise and achievements of New York land banks.
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 »An A-to-Z Toolkit of Sample Documents
The 2022 Resource Guide for Georgia Land Banks is designed to provide new and updated documents for land bank leaders as their operations mature and become more complex. The 2013 manual templates and example documents have proven to be essential tools for community leaders seeking to create land banks under…
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 »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.
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