Tag: land banks
Supreme Court Decision: Good for Homeowners, Bad for Land Banks?
A SCOTUS ruling that protects a homeowner’s equity may end up benefiting speculators and hurting land banks.
When a Land Bank Starts a Land Trust
An Ohio land bank adds to its developing power through a nonprofit land trust.
Atlanta Land Trust—From Central Server to a Centralized CLT
If at first you don’t succeed, partner with a land bank.
Lessons from the Last Housing Crisis: How to Get Control of...
How to keep affordable apartments and single-family homes out of the hands of institutional investors if the coronavirus pandemic leads to a giant wave of evictions and foreclosures.
State Policies Play a Central Role in the Fight Against Vacant...
Abandoned and vacant properties seem like a quintessentially local problem. But state policies have a huge effect on how well municipalities can fight it.
How to Fund Land Banks
The number of land banks grew dramatically in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. So has our understanding of how to successfully fund them.
Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Not Synonyms or Antonyms. Complements
Land banks and community land trusts (CLTs) are often perceived as one and the same. That doesn't reflect reality.
Interview with George McCarthy, President of the Lincoln Institute of Land...
After 14 years at the Ford Foundation, George "Mac" McCarthy became the fifth president of the 41-year-old Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Q: Is a Land Bank the Same as a Land Trust?
A: Nope. They are totally different, though complementary tools. This chart will walk you through the differences.
Philadelphia Achieves Land Bank Through Compromise
Philadelphia is about to become the largest city in the country with a land bank.
A land bank is a nonprofit or government agency whose...
Banking on Neighborhood Stabilization
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.
