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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

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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What Policymakers Need to Know About New and Evolving Publicly-Driven Housing Development Models in the U.S.

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

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. A Decline In U.S.

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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. Key Takeaways Affordable housing emerged as a top priority. 50 percent of land banks consider addressing more vacant lots a top priority.

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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 Problem with Calling Neighborhoods with Vacant Properties “Blighted” 

Center for Community Progress

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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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

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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Get Your Data House in Order

GovLoop

Collective data stewardship Ensure accountability throughout the data life cycle. Here are ways to carry out each principle. Data is a strategic asset Leverage data for both immediate and lasting benefits. Understand the value of your data. Assign specific data management-related roles. Set uniform security and privacy policies.

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