Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, small and rural communities grapple with economic challenges and an aging housing stock that leads to similar outcomes: a flood of VAD properties that threaten the health, safety, and resilience of these residents. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab.

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Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 6, 2025

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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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment. Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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. As was reported in 2021, residents and local institutions are still the most frequent recipients of land bank properties.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s a pervasive word in community revitalization, urban planning, and housing policy. In fact, having a few vacant properties is a necessary and normal part of a healthy housing ecosystem. Strategies like land banks , strategic code enforcement , delinquent property tax enforcement , vacant land stewardship , and creative placemaking.)

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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