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HUD agrees to sell foreclosed houses to Cuyahoga County land bank (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The federal housing agency has agreed to offer the worst of its foreclosed local properties to the Cuyahoga County land bank in a deal forged after the agency was blasted for ending a...

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HUD-land bank helps restore neighborhoods (Call & Post)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced an agreement with the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation (CCLRC) to stabilize neighborhoods hard-hit by foreclosure...

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Effects of foreclosure crisis are not lost on Rep. Fudge (Plain Dealer)

I read with interest a Jan. 13 PolitiFact Ohio analysis that critiqued comments made by Rep. Marcia Fudge on the floor of Congress relative to the foreclosure crisis and its effect on property...

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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County allocate $14 million for demolition of blighted...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland and Cuyahoga County expect to put up $14 million, a little more than previously estimated, in hopes of getting a matching amount for the demolition of blighted homes...

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US Reps unveil bipartisan legislation to fund demo of abandoned homes (WOIO)

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Conservative estimates claim there are 26,000 abandoned homes in Cuyahoga County and at least 15,000 are beyond repair and need to be torn down. “It just makes sense people in...

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Reps Fudge, LaTourette Unviel Bill That Funds Demolition of Vacant Homes and...

Neighborhoods across America have been devastated by the foreclosure crisis and the homeowners who remain now find themselves in communities speckled with vacant and abandoned homes, which cause the...

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Property Value Restoration Act Press Conference (Youtube)

On Monday, March 19, 2012, US Representatives Marcia Fudge and Steve LaTourette were joined by the Cuyahoga Land Bank (President Gus Frangos and Board President Councilman Tony Brancatelli) and others...

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Lake County land bank gains traction (The News-Herald)

Lake County leaders are looking to create a county land bank to help deal with foreclosed and abandoned properties. County land banks are entrepreneurial organizations that combine attributes of a...

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News Headlines 3/20/12 (WKSU)

A long-awaited plan to develop 90 acres along Cleveland’s lakefront is moving forward. Cleveland City Council Monday night approved Mayor Frank Jackson’s 25-year development plan, which spans the...

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LaTourette, Fudge envision bigger demolition money: editorial (Plain Dealer)

The foreclosure epidemic — coming after years of depopulation and disinvestment — has left Cleveland and cities large and small throughout Northeast Ohio saddled with tens of thousands of...

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Property Value Restoration Act of 2012 introduced in Congress

Recently, Cuyahoga Land Bank President Gus Frangos joined US Representatives Steve LaTourette and Marcia Fudge at a press conference held to announce the introduction of the Property Value Restoration...

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Abandoned Homes Plague Cities: It Takes Money to Level Them (USA Today)

Some local governments hardest hit by population losses are struggling with what has been left behind: large numbers of abandoned housing units. Sponsored LinksCensus figures released Thursday...

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How a Community Demolished Its Way Out of a Crisis (National Journal)

‘BURY THE DEAD’ Rokakis became an unlikely champion of demolition over rehabbing the abandoned houses. “By 2007, it became obvious to me that this was a war,” Rokakis told National Journal. “We had...

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Local Members of Congress Joining Forces to Clean Neighborhoods (WEWS)

CLEVELAND – Local members of Congress are join forces to cleanup neighborhoods in Cleveland. Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)...

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Proposed Federal Legislation could Generate Millions of Dollars for...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cuyahoga County Land Bank soon might be empowered to issue millions of dollars worth of federal tax credit bonds to pay for demolition of vacant, abandoned and blighted...

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Restore our Neighborhoods Act 2013 Press Conference (Youtube)

The Cuyahoga Land Bank participated in a press conference held by US Representatives Dave Joyce, Marcia Fudge and Marcy Kaptur to announce the reintroduction/modification of the Restore our...

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Property Value Restoration Act of 2013 Introduced in Congress

Cuyahoga Land Bank Chief Operating Officer Bill Whitney joined US Representatives Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dave Joyce at a press conference held to announce the re-introduction of the Property...

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Tax dollars to demolish blighted properties a smart investment in stabilizing...

It is a cold day in Ohio – and maybe the netherworld – when government so clearly works for the common good. It happened on Friday – high teens, low 20s – for certain, when the Ohio Housing Finance...

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Congressman Gets Land Bank Briefing

It is not every day that a Congressman comes to the Cuyahoga Land Bank offices for a county land bank briefing.  That is just what happened in January 2014 when Congressman David Joyce visited the...

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