A tai chi instructor led retired Navy Veteran, Kevin Granfors, down the path of home ownership. Granfors, who served three years active duty and in the reserves, learned about the HomeFront Veterans Home Ownership Program (HomeFront program) during his regular… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, OH – May 28, 2015: Today the Cuyahoga Land Bank and Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) broke ground at East 152nd Street in Collinwood to provide housing for veterans as part of the health center’s Healthy Communities Initiative. Local City… Read more ›
A new partnership between the Cuyahoga Land Bank and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries will provide permanent affordable housing for the hundreds of homeless veterans living throughout Cuyahoga County. The Veterans’ Affordable Housing Initiative will “match” homeless veterans with affordable, renovated homes… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) and the Cuyahoga Land Bank will announce Thursday the creation of a joint effort to provide housing and support services for homeless veterans. The “Healthy Communities Initiative — Veterans Housing Project” involves… Read more ›
The Detroit City Council recently approved the transfer of more than 37,000 city-owned residential properties to the Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA). This represents a major milestone in creating the strong infrastructure needed to transform the tens of thousands of… Read more ›
Sometimes, choosing a home comes down to chemistry and when U.S. Army veteran, David Siebert, first saw the home in the City of Mayfield Heights, it was love at first sight. He had just come home from the Yongsan District… Read more ›
BALTIMORE—In 2011, the city sold a vacant row house in East Baltimore’s Oliver neighborhood to a developer who promised to restore it within 18 months. It is still boarded up. “It’s gotten worse,” said 60-year-old Patsy Jones, who rents the… Read more ›
The Butler County land bank is considering commissioning a cost/benefit analysis, perhaps to be performed by students at Miami University. There was a brief discussion at the land bank meeting last month and now recently named Executive Director Mike McNamara… Read more ›
A press event for the project will be held at 10am on Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 15300 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44110 . The event will announce, Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, (NEON) first planned Healthy Communities Initiative… Read more ›
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio –- The city is applying for a $3 million state grant to pay for a traffic study on Center Ridge Road. The study is necessary to upgrade traffic signals and keep up with new development on the… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Central and Fairfax neighborhoods lost an estimated 100 jobs in 2012 when T&B Foundry closed a storied metal casting plant in a foreclosure process that left the eight-acre property vacant, shuttered and saddled with nearly $2 million in liens.… Read more ›
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Following its success in 2014, the “Rooms to Let: Cleveland” exhibition is returning to the Broadway Slavic Village neighborhood Saturday and Sunday. Organized by Slavic Village Development, the show aims to promote public debate over vacancy and… Read more ›
Ohio Housing Finance Agency will address blighted, vacant properties in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lucas counties Toledo, OH – May 6, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Today Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur celebrated the allocation of $4,968,105.61 by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) to… Read more ›
Willie Bethune recently participated in the Deed-In-Escrow Program and purchased a three bedroom home in the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood. Willie shared about his successful purchase and says “It was a really good experience and a great learning experience to be… Read more ›
Every year the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood hosts their annual Neighborhood Summit that brings together dedicated community stakeholders, and awards residents and organizations for their hard work. This year the Cuyahoga Land Bank was acknowledged at the event and awarded Outstanding… Read more ›
Spring is here and the Cuyahoga Land Bank NIP Greening Program is now in full force! The program is made possible by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency’s Neighborhood Initiative Program (NIP). The program works along with the Cuyahoga Land Bank… Read more ›
