Financial predators peddling subprime loans wrecked many Cleveland neighborhoods. It will take more than two decades and $4.5 billion just to demolish unsafe properties, a City Council report says. Councilman Tony Brancatelli, whose Slavic Village neighborhood is pockmarked with… Read more ›
The regional housing outlook has brightened considerably. Home sales and prices are up. Residential construction is also enjoying an uptick. ideastream’s Brian Bull shares this snapshot of the sector, which is making a steady recovery… but not without a few… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio — At the current pace and without new funding sources, it would take more than 22 years and $4.5 billion to clear the vacant houses that must be razed in Cleveland, according to a City Council report released… Read more ›
The way Jim and Jodi Lee’s neighbors praise their new gardens, the Lees could almost be the new celebrities on the block. But strutting isn’t their style. “We just want a place where we can relax with family and friends,”… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Old MacDonald had a farm, but probably not on an abandoned city lot tended by a farmer from Burma and supported by some of the top restaurants in town. Cleveland, however, has such unconventional growing places. After… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has recently launched an Owner Occupant Buyer Advantage Program designed to make it easier for individuals and families interested in getting a great deal on a property to own and live in. The new initiative is… Read more ›
It’s been a long time since Lawrence Taylor felt this excited about his future, but his new life is full of possibilities-and Cuyahoga Land Bank helped. His old life was pretty dismal: 35-year-old Taylor has been in prison three times.… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has become a leader in the demolition of vacant and abandoned blighted properties in Cuyahoga County. The Land Bank does this on a strategic basis as well as a function of managing County-wide distressed properties owned… Read more ›
This week, I saw a great idea taking shape from a seed. I’m not being metaphorical. Seriously, it started with tomato and pepper seedlings. Rising Harvest Farms, a square block of green space in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, is a… Read more ›
Through its new Owner Occupant Buyer Advantage Program, the Cuyahoga Land Bank is offering houses in its inventory to prospective owner-occupants. The selected houses require renovations, but not major repairs. A Plain Dealer editorial said that “it’s homeowners, especially those… Read more ›
CLEVELAND – Three new board members have been appointed to the Cuyahoga Land Bank. Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers, North Olmsted Mayor Kevin Kennedy and Reimagining Cleveland’s Bobbi Reichtell will take their seats at the Cuyahoga Land Bank’s next board… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald has appointed three new members to the county land bank’s governing board, ending a protracted dispute with suburban mayors over their right to reappoint themselves. Founding land bank members Berea Mayor Cyril… Read more ›
The Cuyahoga Land Bank has recently launched an Owner Occupant Buyer Advantage Program designed to make it easier for individuals and families interested in getting a great deal on a property to own and live in. The new initiative is… Read more ›
When Betty J. Anderson moved into her home at 987 Highland Ave. eight years ago, the three houses next door to her home were abandoned. One has since been torn down. There was a fire in another, but the house… Read more ›
Koinonia Homes Inc. (Koinonia), a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, provides Residential, Adult Day Support, Vocational and Career Services in Cuyahoga County to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and is the largest private provider of services throughout Cuyahoga County… Read more ›
XENIA — A county land bank could help wipe out severely damaged and abandoned homes in communities and increase property values, Greene County officials said last week. The county treasurer, Dick Gould, plans to host two public forums on Tuesday… Read more ›
More than six years after home prices began an unprecedented decline, Cuyahoga County’s housing market may have finally hit bottom. An improving economy and employment picture have helped boost sales and prices for the last 12 months, a Plain Dealer… Read more ›
