| Cook County, IL passes groundbreaking vacant property registration ordinanceCook County – the county seat of the City of Chicago – unanimously passed landmark vacant property registration legislation in December 2011 that will help prevent neglect in unincorporated Cook and any of the County’s 128 municipalities that choose to participate. Community Progress worked with local groups to support the effort. | 12/28/11 |
| Congress undercuts support for American neighborhoods by defunding HUD portion of Sustainable Communities initiativeDespite thousands of phone calls, emails, letters and direct outreach to elected officials, the House budget conference committee failed to include funding for HUD’s Sustainable Communities partnership effort for the 2012 budget year. The following is a statement from Dan Kildee, President and CEO of Center for Community Progress. | 11/15/11 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs historic land bank legislationNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed historic land bank legislation today, allowing municipalities to take control of problem properties and then redevelop or dispose of them in a manner consistent with the public interest. | 06/29/11 |
| New York State Assembly legislation creates land bank program to help revitalize communities with many abandoned properties In an effort to help revitalize struggling communities throughout the state with high numbers of abandoned properties, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Local Government Committee Chair William Magnarelli, and Assembly Members Sam Hoyt and Donna Lupardo announced today the passage of legislation that would allow municipalities to create land banks. | 06/17/11 |
| Pennsylvania Land Bank LegislationAnticipating the filing of state-wide land bank enabling legislation, Dan Kildee testifies to Pennsylvania Senators and Representatives about how land banks can help revitalize communities across Pennsylvania. | 06/16/11 |
| Georgia State Assembly gears up for new Georgia Land Bank ActOn April 13, 2011, the Georgia Assembly introduced Senate Bill 284 | 04/13/11 |
Reps. Tim Ryan and Brian Higgins introduce the Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation ActCongressmen Tim Ryan (OH-17) and Brian Higgins (NY-27) introduced legislation to give federal aid and support to cities experiencing major population loss. The Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation Act (CRSI) would create a new, competitive program within the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development (HUD) that targets cities and metropolitan areas experiencing large-scale property vacancy and abandonment due to long-term employment and population losses.
| 02/25/11 |
| House Financial Services Committee Holds Hearing on the Livable Communities ActThe new program would make available grants to support sustainable, market-sensitive, and community-driven planning in communities that have lost population and are challenged with vacant properties. | 09/23/10 |
| Ohio Passes Comprehensive Update to Land Banking LegislationExpanding the successful pilot launched in Cuyahoga County last year, Governor Strickland signed into law a land bank bill (Sub H.B. 313) that paves the way for 41 additional counties in the state to form and operate county land banks. | 07/07/10 |
| Federal Opportunities to Create Sustainable CommunitiesMore now than in recent years, there are a number of pieces of federal legislation that could help communities challenged with vacant and abandoned properties tackle the issue to revitalize their neighborhoods and regions. | |
