Archives For: Center for Community Progress

JPMorganChase Funds Cohort Addressing Affordable Homeownership in Baltimore

JPMorganChase announced funding to nine nonprofits as part of a new cohort working to address housing vacancy across Baltimore.

9 Oct 2024

St. Louis Hosts Conference on Vacant Properties, Showcases Local Efforts to Stabilize Buildings

A national conference on vacant properties took place in St. Louis, highlighting successful blight remediation programs throughout the US.

9 Oct 2024

Center for Community Progress and Land Trust Alliance Unveil Map Highlighting Collaborative Opportunities Between Land Banks and Conservation Land Trusts

The Center for Community Progress and the Land Trust Alliance have launched a new interactive map for leaders in community revitalization.

17 Oct 2023

The Empty House Next Door

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Community Progress published a report that lays the groundwork for exploring the issue of vacancy by defining what is meant by a “vacant” property, what constitutes a “healthy” vacancy rate, how vacant properties are measured, and why properties become vacant and abandoned.

15 May 2018

What is the Cost of Blight? What New Research From Atlanta Tells Us

The Center for Community Progress posted a blog discussing findings from a recent report authored by Dr. Dan Immergluck, professor of urban and regional planning at Georgia Tech.

26 Feb 2016

Take it to the Bank: How Land Banks Are Strengthening America’s Neighborhoods

The Center for Community Progress has released a national land bank report titled Take it to the Bank: How Land Banks Are Strengthening America’s Neighborhoods.

18 Nov 2014