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Cook County Land Bank TAP ReportPublication Date: 12/18/2012
By Urban Land Institute, Chicago
Cook County, Illinois has faced a widespread problem of vacancy and abandonment, especially following the recent foreclosure crisis. This report, produced by a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to support land banking efforts in the County, introduces the problem of...
Small garden on east side of Kalamazoo grows into community-wide projectPublication Date: 2/9/2012
KALAMAZOO – A community movement is growing on Kalamazoo's east side, and it's taking the shape of fruits, vegetables and trees.
A garden born three years ago this spring in an effort to give back to the land and live sustainably has grown into an expanded community-wide project that's...
Banking on Neighborhood StabilizationPublication Date: 4/25/2012
By Dan Kildee
Even the most sophisticated private and nonprofit partnerships for dealing with vacant property will end up with some properties that don’t pencil out. Land banks can step in to keep those properties from dragging down revitalization efforts.
A year ago, the Beach Street...
Slowing Speculation: A Proposal to Lessen Undesirable Housing TransactionsPublication Date: 3/2/2012
By: O. Emre Ergungor, Senior Research Economist, and Thomas J Fitzpatrick IV, Economist
In the City of Cleveland, 8.2 percent of the housing stock sits vacant or abandoned, according to the U.S. Postal Service. In this environment, private investment in foreclosed properties may sound like...
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