Archives For: blight
Banishing Blight: Officials, Experts, and Lawmakers Meet for Roundtable
DS News published an article highlighting a recent roundtable event on community blight that took place in Harrisburg, Pa. The event featured Safeguard Properties Founder and Chairman Robert Klein as a key participant.
5 Jul 2017
Blight Laws And The Movement Away From Plywood
Servicing Management published an article authored by Natalia Steele, partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. In it, Steele outlines recent actions that have been taken to utilize polycarbonate window and door coverings to secure vacant properties.
28 Jun 2017
Fast-Track Foreclosure Legislation: A Proactive Solution to Address the Problem of Community Blight
The U.S. Foreclosure Network (USFN) published an article authored by Safeguard Properties Founder and Chairman Robert Klein. In it, Klein discusses fast-track foreclosure laws and the positive impact they could have on the war against blight.
23 May 2017
Urban Institute: Urban Blight and Public Health: Addressing the Impact of Substandard Housing, Abandoned Buildings, and Vacant Lots
Recently, the Urban Institute issued a report authored by Senior Research Associate Joseph Schilling and Columbia University Associate Director of Nonprofit Management Programs Erwin de Leon. The report explores the affects blight has on the health of individuals and neighborhoods and presents initial findings on interventions designed to address them.
17 May 2017
Land Banks Created to Help Remove, Rehabilitate Run-Down Homes
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel published an article exploring the establishment of land banks throughout the state of Ohio and how they are used to combat blight.
2 Apr 2017
Live from Lebanon: It’s City Council!
The Lebanon Daily News published an article announcing that the Lebanon, Pa. City Council has approved the establishment of a land bank.
28 Mar 2017
Legislators Mull New Fee to Help Combat Blight
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA) published an article outlining PA SB 486. The proposed legislation aims to enable counties to apply a fee of up to $15 for each deed and mortgage recorded to be used for a demolition program.
22 Sep 2016
County OKs Plans to Alleviate Blight
LancasterOnline released an article highlighting the approval by Lancaster County, PA of the creation of a land bank authority to aid in the elimination of blight.
27 Jun 2016
Allegheny County Council OKs Participation in Land Bank
Trib Live published an article highlighting the decision of Allegheny County, PA to participate in the Tri-COG Land Bank.
21 Jun 2016
Danville Joins Vermilion County Land Bank
WRSP/WCCU Fox Illinois released a report announcing the final decision of Danville, IL to join the Vermilion County land bank.
8 Jun 2016