Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). TB: Currently no local land bank in West Virginia has a dedicated full-time staff. Soon we’ll also be offering additional legal support for land banks of local governments that do not have a fulltime city attorney.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 17, 2022

Eisenberg , associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses the unique challenges and approaches to addressing vacancy in rural communities. Vacant properties are, by and large, a local government issue, and urban and rural local governments are fundamentally different in size.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Decker, Andrew.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 24, 2023

As property values decline, so do property taxes, which means less tax revenue available for local governments to use for vital public services like schools and community parks. However, there is hope for state and local governments looking to revitalize their communities.

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