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Cook County IL passes groundbreaking vacant property registration ordinance: learn more about the issue and the legislation from this PowerPoint presentationPublication Date: 12/28/2011
Cook 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...
Land Banks as a Redevelopment ToolPublication Date: 4/1/2011
By Dan Kildee, Center for Community Progress
Community Progress President and former Genesee County (MI) Treasurer uses this presentation to explore how regional land banks can be used to redevelop some of the most distressed properties.
Kildee first gave the presentation during the 2011...
Alan Mallach on the Future of US Housing Policy: Radio InterviewPublication Date: 10/25/2010
Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow at the Center for Community Progress and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, speaks about the future of housing policy with KNPR's Louis Herndandez on the State of Nevada (SON) news program. Alan touches on the federal...
Presentations from the 2010 Reclaiming Vacant Properties conferencePublication Date: 10/13/2010
By multiple presenters
Nearly 1,000 people attended the third national Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference was held October 13-15, 2010 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. While the issues of vacancy, abandonment, and foreclosure have had a profound effect on the well-being of the...
Neighborhood Stabilization Land Bank ToolkitPublication Date: 9/1/2010
By Community Progress for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
This toolkit provides guidelines and samples of policies and models for partnerships local governments can use to implement land banking authorities within its jurisdiction.
Visit the HUD website for the toolkit...
Urban Land Reform Initiative Stabilizes Neighborhoods: Innovator's Focus (video)Publication Date: 1/1/2009
By Ash Center for Democractic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
In 2007, the Genesee County Land Bank Authority, was recognized by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government...
The Environmental and Economic Impacts of Brownfield RedevelopmentPublication Date: 7/1/2008
By Evans Paull, Northeast-Midwest Institute
This report shares the important aspects of brownfield redevelopment and how proper clean-up and reuse can have substantial positive impacts on a community, such as increased investment, a boost in property values, and job...
2012 RVP Community Engagement PresentationsMixed Media: Blending High-tech, Low-tech and Grassroots Techniques for Equitable Community EngagementThis interactive session will teach you how to effectively and equitably engage diverse stakeholders by diversifying your public outreach methods when transforming properties, neighborhoods and...
2012 RVP Conference - Market Changes and Neighborhood Stabilization PresentationsUnderstanding Neighborhood Dynamics and Using Market-Based DataStrategic resource allocation and investment requires that practitioners have a clear picture of regional, city and neighborhood dynamics. To develop that clear picture, it is essential to collect, use and share accurate data. This...
2012 RVP Conference - Policy PresentationsState Policy from A to Z: Strategies from Advocacy to ImplementationProgressive land use plans, problem property policies and winning advocacy strategies share one “go-to” place: states, where legislative changes typically need to be implemented to make many land use policies possible....
2012 RVP Conference - Redevelopment PresentationsRedeveloping Neighborhoods and Revitalizing Housing Markets: A Tale of Two Cities — Baltimore andNew BedfordChallenged with abandoned housing and neighborhood disinvestment, Baltimore, Maryland and New Bedford, Massachusetts are using creative approaches to encourage reinvestment in their...
2012 RVP Conference - Regional Strategies PresentationsHow to Build Regional Models to Address Vacancy and Abandonment: Pathways to City and County CollaborationLocal governments from across the country are feeling the effects of declining budgets and increasing need for public services, which often pit city and county governments against each other....
2012 RVP Data Strategies PresentationsUnderstanding Neighborhood Dynamics and Using Market-Based DataStrategic resource allocation and investment requires that practitioners have a clear picture of regional, city and neighborhood dynamics. To develop that clear picture, it is essential to collect, use and share accurate data. This...
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