The Delaware County Redevelopment Authority, which will manage the new land bank, released guidelines and is soliciting comments from the public. A vacant lot in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) ...

Warren is considering creating a land bank authority to manage all of the city's vacant or abandoned lots to promote revitalization. Jeffrey Schroder, Warren City Council's attorney, said city-owned, ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. – The city will keep a dozen tax-foreclosed properties that had been slated to be transferred to the Kingston City Land Bank. During an online meeting Tuesday, the Common Council voted ...

Pat Hogan is chairman of the board of the Greater Syracuse Land Bank. Katelyn Wright is the agency’s executive director. We were quite surprised by the headline “Land Bank is hoarding land on South ...

ZANESVILLE − At the start of 2022, the Muskingum County Land Reutilization Corporation, better known as the land bank, was studying the possibility of rehabilitating the former Munson Elementary ...

If you’ve watched shows like HGTV’s Bargain Block, or follow Cheap Old Houses or similar accounts on Instagram, you’ve likely noticed that some older homes—especially ones that tend to need a lot of ...

Through its new program, the Department of Metropolitan Development says, it has acquired 140 properties in 2024 and 2025, and has put 115 of those back on the market. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Over ...

ZANESVILLE – The Muskingum County Land Reutilization Corporation nearly became defunct in the late 2010s, but its revival in 2019 has since led to nearly 92 acres of reclaimed land and almost $16 ...

While many nonprofits want to build low-income housing, at times it can be difficult to get things rolling. For example, when a nonprofit applies for housing project grants from the state or federal ...

A concentration of Turn the Key properties on N Marston Street in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that ...

The vacant house a few doors down wasn’t just an eyesore for Rebecca Quintanilla and her Elmo Avenue neighbors. It quickly became a nuisance. A squatter moved in, along with a revolving door of ...

When Jackie Sobel and her father, David, were looking to put down roots for their craft brewery, they knew new construction wasn’t going to be right for the vibe they wanted. “We were looking for ...