Article Archive

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....

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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...

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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,...

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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”...

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