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Cook County IL passes groundbreaking vacant property registration ordinance: Full ordinancePublication 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...
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...
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...
Economic Impacts of the Ingham County Land Bank (2006-2012)Publication Date: 8/29/2013
BY THE MSU LAND POLICY INSTITUTE FOR THE INGHAM COUNTY LAND BANK FAST TRACK AUTHORITY, TREASURER’S OFFICE, INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN
The primary objective of this research is to determine what, if any, positive effect Land Bank activities have on nearby property values and...
From Revenue to Reuse: Managing Tax-Reverted Properties in DetroitPublication Date: 4/1/2011
This report from Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan examines Wayne County, Michigan's tax foreclosure auction process. It offers numerous recommendations to increase revenue, decrease administrative costs and increase positive reuse of tax...
Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation: the Beginning, the Present, and Beyond, 2009 - 2011Publication Date: 11/17/2011
By W. Dennis Keating, PhD, Cleveland State University
Dennis Keating of Cleveland State University in Ohio spent six weeks with Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization staff to learn more about the inner workings of the land bank, and compiled that information into a comprehensive report about one of...
Economic Impacts of Residential Property Abandonment and the Genesee County Land Bank in Flint, MichiganPublication Date: 4/1/2007
By Nigel G. Griswold and Patricia E. Norris for Land Policy Institute
The costs of abandonment have been documented for some time – higher crime rates, decreased property values, reduced tax revenue…this study adds to the growing research proving that the value of intervention can be...
New episode of video series showcases how land banks can transform communitiesPublication Date: 12/27/2011
The latest edition of The Bright Side features guest host Dan Kildee of Community Progress, with segments on housing and green projects, deconstruction, commercial development and the basics of land banking. CEDAM, the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, produces this engaging...
Vacant Land Now & Tomorrow: Building Enduring Values with Natural AssetsPublication Date: 11/3/2008
By Joan Iverson Nassauer and Rebekah VanWieren
This report anaylzes the pioneering revitalization effort of the Genesee County Land Bank as model for the type of policies and approaches land banks across the country can emulate.
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