State/National Analysis
Progress Points: Systemic VacancyA Brief Primer
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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State/National Analysis
Topic
Geography
A Brief Primer
Land Banks, State/National Analysis
Land Banks and Community Land TrustsPartnering to Provide Equitable Housing Opportunities Now and for Future Generations
In this report, you’ll learn about the key differences between land banks and community land trusts, and how together they have the potential to help reverse the trajectory of disinvestment to unlock a pipeline of vacant and deteriorated homes to quality, affordable housing for generations.
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State/National Analysis
State Policy and Problem Property RegulationA Resource for Practitioners and Policymakers at the State and Local Level
This report is a property regulation resource for practitioners and policymakers at the state and local levels. It focuses on the central theme that state laws and regulations largely determine what local governments can or cannot do to regulate problem properties and is designed to be useful to people working to frame more effective strategies to deal with problem properties and work with state governments and legislatures to enact new laws and amend older ones to that end.
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ARPA, Code Enforcement System, COVID-19, Land Banks, Local Analysis, Parcel Data & Neighborhood Markets, Property Tax System, State/National Analysis, Vacant Land Stewardship
Tackling Vacancy and AbandonmentStrategies and Impacts after the Great Recession
Ten years on from the Great Recession, we take stock of lessons learned from that crisis and how they might be applied to future challenges. This edited volume, jointly produced by Community Progress and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Cleveland, contains twelve articles by national experts in the field of neighborhood revitalization.
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COVID-19, Creative Placemaking, State/National Analysis
The Saving Power of Community CreativityHighlights of Arts, Culture, and Creative Placemaking Responses to COVID-19
Arts and culture organizations play a critical role in supporting communities, particularly in times of crisis. This publication recognizes the people and groups using creative placemaking to revitalize their communities.
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Parcel Data & Neighborhood Markets, Racial Equity, State/National Analysis
Making the ComebackReversing the Downward Trajectory of African American Middle Neighborhoods in Legacy Cities
Black urban middle neighborhoods are facing an existential crisis. This report shares key highlights from Alan Mallach’s research from predominately Black neighborhoods in six legacy cities and offers strategies for Black middle neighborhood revival.
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State/National Analysis, Vacant Land Stewardship
America’s Vacant Lot LandscapeInsights from the National Survey on Greening
This report presents descriptive findings from the National Survey on Greening — conducted as part of a five-year research project between the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center and the Center for Community Progress — on the current capacity, practices, and trends these organizations are experiencing and what they still need to effectively manage their growing vacant lot inventories.
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Code Enforcement System, State/National Analysis
Revitalization in MichiganA Guide to Transforming VAD Properties through Code Enforcement
Revitalization in Michigan: A Guide to Transforming VAD Properties through Code Enforcement breaks down leading code enforcement tools that help fight vacancy through traditional enforcement, proactive regulation, and additional strategies.
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State/National Analysis
State of Vacancy in Michigan (2020)General Trends in Residential Vacancy and Distressed Properties
The State of Vacancy in Michigan 2020 Update shares the general trends in residential vacancy and distressed properties across Michigan’s counties and 25 cities experiencing the highest rates of residential vacancy.
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Land Banks, State/National Analysis
Progress in Community, Excellence in DiversityA Georgia Association of Land Bank Authorities Publication
This report introduces stakeholders to the wide diversity of Georgia land banks and lifts up the potential of Georgia land banks to achieve larger scale outcomes—the impact of which could benefit the work of housing authorities, community development organizations, neighborhood associations, and more.
Read More...State/National Analysis
Progress Points: Systemic VacancyA 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...Land Banks, State/National Analysis
Land Banks and Community Land TrustsPartnering to Provide Equitable Housing Opportunities Now and for Future Generations
In this report, you’ll learn about the key differences between land banks and community land trusts, and how together they have the potential to help reverse the trajectory of disinvestment to unlock a pipeline of vacant and deteriorated homes to quality, affordable housing for generations.
Read More...State/National Analysis
State Policy and Problem Property RegulationA Resource for Practitioners and Policymakers at the State and Local Level
This report is a property regulation resource for practitioners and policymakers at the state and local levels. It focuses on the central theme that state laws and regulations largely determine what local governments can or cannot do to regulate problem properties and is designed to be useful to people working to frame more effective strategies to deal with problem properties and work with state governments and legislatures to enact new laws and amend older ones to that end.
Read More...ARPA, Code Enforcement System, COVID-19, Land Banks, Local Analysis, Parcel Data & Neighborhood Markets, Property Tax System, State/National Analysis, Vacant Land Stewardship
Tackling Vacancy and AbandonmentStrategies and Impacts after the Great Recession
Ten years on from the Great Recession, we take stock of lessons learned from that crisis and how they might be applied to future challenges. This edited volume, jointly produced by Community Progress and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Cleveland, contains twelve articles by national experts in the field of neighborhood revitalization.
Read More...COVID-19, Creative Placemaking, State/National Analysis
The Saving Power of Community CreativityHighlights of Arts, Culture, and Creative Placemaking Responses to COVID-19
Arts and culture organizations play a critical role in supporting communities, particularly in times of crisis. This publication recognizes the people and groups using creative placemaking to revitalize their communities.
Read More...Parcel Data & Neighborhood Markets, Racial Equity, State/National Analysis
Making the ComebackReversing the Downward Trajectory of African American Middle Neighborhoods in Legacy Cities
Black urban middle neighborhoods are facing an existential crisis. This report shares key highlights from Alan Mallach’s research from predominately Black neighborhoods in six legacy cities and offers strategies for Black middle neighborhood revival.
Read More...State/National Analysis, Vacant Land Stewardship
America’s Vacant Lot LandscapeInsights from the National Survey on Greening
This report presents descriptive findings from the National Survey on Greening — conducted as part of a five-year research project between the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center and the Center for Community Progress — on the current capacity, practices, and trends these organizations are experiencing and what they still need to effectively manage their growing vacant lot inventories.
Read More...Code Enforcement System, State/National Analysis
Revitalization in MichiganA Guide to Transforming VAD Properties through Code Enforcement
Revitalization in Michigan: A Guide to Transforming VAD Properties through Code Enforcement breaks down leading code enforcement tools that help fight vacancy through traditional enforcement, proactive regulation, and additional strategies.
Read More...State/National Analysis
State of Vacancy in Michigan (2020)General Trends in Residential Vacancy and Distressed Properties
The State of Vacancy in Michigan 2020 Update shares the general trends in residential vacancy and distressed properties across Michigan’s counties and 25 cities experiencing the highest rates of residential vacancy.
Read More...Land Banks, State/National Analysis
Progress in Community, Excellence in DiversityA Georgia Association of Land Bank Authorities Publication
This report introduces stakeholders to the wide diversity of Georgia land banks and lifts up the potential of Georgia land banks to achieve larger scale outcomes—the impact of which could benefit the work of housing authorities, community development organizations, neighborhood associations, and more.
Read More...