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How One Ohio City is Tackling Urban Blight
The Trumball Neighborhood Partnership has spent the past decade tackling blight in the city of Warren by demolishing and renovating vacant homes.
22 Jan 2024
Positively St. Louis: The Land Reutilization Authority Converting Abandoned Properties to Productive Use
The St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority is responsible for the stewardship and sale of nearly 10,000 previously abandoned buildings in the city.
19 Jan 2024
Transforming Unlivable Properties into Thriving Homes
A new lending program titled DASH in Baltimore is providing special interest rates for developers looking to renovate vacant, blighted homes.
18 Jan 2024
Affordable Housing Lot Program Faces Hurdles, Changes
St. Pete administrators are revamping the city’s Affordable Lot Disposition Program to increase attainable homeownership opportunities.
15 Jan 2024
FEMA Emergency Declaration – Connecticut Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Potential Dam Breach
FEMA has issued an Emergency Declaration for areas Connecticut to supplement emergency response efforts due to severe storms, flooding, and a potential dam breach beginning Jan. 10, 2024 and continuing.
13 Jan 2024
Top 10 ZIPS with Highest Foreclosure Rates in 2023
ATTOM’s 2023 Year-End U.S. Foreclosure Market Report analyzed the top 10 zip codes with the highest rates of foreclosure in 2023.
12 Jan 2024
U.S. Foreclosure Activity Increases from 2022 but Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
ATTOM released its Year-End 2023 US Foreclosure Market Report, showing foreclosure filings up 10% from 2022 but still below pre-pandemic levels.
11 Jan 2024
New Orleans Considers Doubling Fines for Overgrown Lots in Fight Against Blight
New Orleans battle against blight could be ramping up in 2024 with harsher penalties and a streamlined enforcement process to curb overgrown and trash-ridden lots.
8 Jan 2024
Kosciusko Street House Leveled by Land Bank
The Manistee County Land Bank has demolished a long-vacant, blighted house after it was determined to be too damaged for renovation.
8 Jan 2024
Homeowners Find Ways to Overcome Delinquency – CoreLogic
Mortgage delinquency rates have remained “exceptionally solid” thanks to a rebound in home equity gains, according to CoreLogic.
8 Jan 2024