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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

81 percent of land banks consider supporting the creation of affordable housing a top priority. Increasingly, land banks have been called on to respond to growing housing affordability needs. 16 percent of land banks reported local-level political leadership to be one of the biggest threats to their success.

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Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Emerging Partners for a Resilient and Equitable Recovery

Center for Community Progress

As the COVID-19 crisis continues, many communities are seeing an increase in higher-wage families purchasing new homes, while others facean increase in evictions and foreclosures and a growing deficit of quality affordable housing for vulnerable residents. Black communities are disproportionately affected by this crisis.

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The Philosophy of the Federal Cyber Data Lake (CDL): A Thought Leadership Approach

Microsoft Public Sector

A CDL is a capability to assimilate and house vast quantities of security data, whether in its raw form or as derivatives of original logs. If data is consolidated in a central monolithic, stringent data stewardship is crucial, especially concerning data segmentation, access controls, and classification.

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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. Ideally, families would once more be able to call these derelict properties home—but we were unsure exactly how to make that happen. Click here to learn more about our services and approach.

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Community Progress Welcomes 2022 Community Revitalization Fellows from New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

These cohorts participate in learning exchanges in each other’s communities that feature a mix of technical and leadership trainings as well as local neighborhood tours. Their specialties include urban planning, public policy, landscape design, permaculture, and sustainable land stewardship advocacy.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Previously, he served as Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs for Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland providing fund development and policy leadership. Klein assumed the leadership of BOI (formerly FIELD) in 2012, after working as a senior consultant since the program’s inception in 1998.