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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

According to the National Land Bank Networks 2023 State of Land Banking Survey, vacant lots account for 86 percent of all land bank properties and half of all survey respondents listed vacant land stewardship as one of their top priorities. the group called out community, stewardship, legacy, values, collaboration.

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Get Your Data House in Order

GovLoop

Since then, agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD) have developed their own policies to implement those goals. Collective data stewardship Ensure accountability throughout the data life cycle. The Federal Data Strategy, released in 2018, set high-level goals for using and handling data. Understand the value of your data.

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New Report on Ten Years of Land Banking in New York Offers Compelling Metrics of Success, Useful Lessons, and a Lot of Inspiration

Center for Community Progress

For example, land banks in New York are: Expanding the Production of Affordable Housing. And all land banks have partnered with either nonprofit housing providers or private local contractors to create more affordable housing choices, including rental units, across the state. Advancing Racial Equity.

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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets. They will also partner with regional leaders in conservancy and stormwater management to implement environmental or ecological solutions on vacant land.

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Vacant Land is More Than a Single Lot—it’s a System.

Center for Community Progress

Example: Old North Rain Garden Vacant Land and Economic Systems Vacant land stewardship interacts with economic systems in the community, providing spaces for income generation, like urban farms; economic exchange, like farmers’ markets; and for new construction, like homes and businesses. appeared first on Center for Community Progress.

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How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Affect the Community

Center for Community Progress

Understanding the true and complete costs of blighted properties is critically important in building the case to reform the broken status quo and implement more equitable, effective, and efficient solutions.

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Explaining the Cycle of Systemic Vacancy

Center for Community Progress

You’ve probably seen an abandoned house or two in your neighborhood. These empty structures and lots remain for years, deteriorating in condition, weakening the housing market, driving residents out of the neighborhood, and fueling more vacancy. But some places have many vacant and abandoned properties.

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