Ed Rybka

Proposed Federal Legislation could Generate Millions of Dollars for Demolition in Cleveland (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga County Land Bank soon might be empowered to issue millions of dollars worth of federal ...

What to do with the vacant homes in Cleveland is a quandary

February 3, 2013 [Leila Atassi, cleveland.com] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On a late-November afternoon, Cleveland City Councilman Jeffrey Johnson drove slowly ...

How a Community Demolished Its Way Out of a Crisis (National Journal)

‘BURY THE DEAD’ Rokakis became an unlikely champion of demolition over rehabbing the abandoned houses. “By 2007, it became obvious ...