Land Banks an Essential Redevelopment Tool Ohio, like the rest of the nation, faces the challenges created by unprecedented home foreclosures.  The state’s nearly top 10 rank nationally in the number of homes foreclosed is not a point of pride. Ohio,… Read more ›

One of Cleveland’s best-kept secrets, the Polish-American Cultural Center on East 65th Street, is about to add a new gem to the neighborhood – a Cultural Garden adjacent to the museum. “Visitors will be able to meander through the garden… Read more ›

The Cuyahoga Land Bank is partnering with a nonprofit group to employ formerly incarcerated fathers in house renovation projects. Two men will be screened and selected to attend four to five weeks classes to learn life skills and financial literacy,… Read more ›

Cities and counties across the country and in our region are exploring land banks as a promising strategy for addressing vacant properties. This five-part series on land banking on MPC’s blog, The Connector, is intended to inform policymakers and practitioners in… Read more ›

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The “shadow inventory” of homes that someday will likely become foreclosed on means an uncertain future for some of Cleveland’s inner-city and inner-ring suburban neighborhoods already decimated by the subprime mortgage boom and bust, housing experts say.… Read more ›

Cleveland and East Cleveland soon will be home to new, quality housing projects for older residents, thanks in large part to the stewardship of the Cuyahoga Land Bank, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), Cuyahoga County and the respective cities.… Read more ›

Cuyahoga County has gotten its hands on some dirty money. It needs more. The money comes from property owners that County Executive Ed FitzGerald’s administration tagged six months ago as the “Dirty Dozen” because they owe more delinquent taxes than… Read more ›

Last week, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason made good on his pledge to pony up $5 million to raze vacant and abandoned properties in Cuyahoga County, using his office’s share of delinquent property tax collections. Even better, he earmarked $1… Read more ›

Trend of buying single-family houses for rental “only going to get bigger,’ one local broker says. Eric Frey moonlights from his full-time small business by operating Multiples LLC of Medina to tap what he sees as an attractive residential real… Read more ›

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – County Prosecutor Bill Mason, Gus Frangos, President and General Counsel of the Cuyahoga Land Bank, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton, and Cleveland Councilman Tony Brancatelli announced the contribution of funds committed toward the demolition of blighted… Read more ›

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason is the latest northeast Ohio leader to contribute significant money toward solving the growing problem of vacant and condemned homes. During a news conference Mason announced his office will issue $5 million from… Read more ›

Abandoned and foreclosed homes are on nearly every street in Cleveland and East Cleveland. But today, Cuyahoga County announced a multi-million dollar project to turn those properties into new construction. “I’ve lived here 35 years,” says Lila Eskridge standing outside… Read more ›

Some homeowners fantasize about having a private little park all their own-a place where they might relax with friends, their kids might host play dates and perhaps where they might start a garden. Thanks to the Cuyahoga Land Bank and… Read more ›

BEREA — Michael Gallagher called the last 17 months a testimony to voters and those involved in the Cuyahoga County’s new form of government. “If you look at just starting an organization, let alone an organization with different folks from… Read more ›