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Residential Revitalization
The Land Bank’s residential revitalization efforts continue to aim to help alleviate a problem that many real estate professionals and economists agree on — that there is a lack of adequate supply of affordable housing to meet the demand in the current housing market....
Project Profile – New Construction Revolving Loan Fund
The Land Bank’s New Construction Revolving Loan Fund (NC RLF) pilot program is a collaboration with the private sector that aims to leverage the Land Bank’s current and future inventory of vacant land and currently available funding to promote investment and...
Project Profile – A/R/R
Acquisition, Rehab and Resale of existing housing is an important tool for the Land Bank to further its mission and is an area of its operations that is currently expanding. When a vacant, abandoned and tax delinquent residential structure is acquired it can be ugly,...
Land Bank Receives Auditor of State Award
The Portage County Land Reutilization Corporation, or Land Bank, received the Auditor of State Award from State Auditor Keith Faber for having a clean audit in its most recently completed report. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a “clean”...
How a Land Bank in Ohio Helped Revitalize a Neighborhood by Renovating a Single Home
Source: REVITALIZATION: THE JOURNAL OF URBAN, RURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCESince its founding in 2012, the Portage County Land Bank—based in Ravenna, Ohio—has established itself as a strong force in the Portage County community. In 2018, the Land Bank completed...