Blight-targeting land banks used their trump bid power to acquire 19 tax-delinquent properties so they won’t be listed in Luzerne County’s Thursday free-and-clear auction. Authorized by 2012 state ...

In this week's column, a deep dive into city land sale dysfunction and the continuing budget woes in Harrisburg.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The City’s Director of Housing Initiatives said a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling will make it substantially more expensive for the Kingston City Land Bank to acquire properties seized ...

Eighteen properties have been removed from Thursday’s Luzerne County free-and-clear delinquent tax auction because land banks have exercised their authority to acquire them through “trump bids,” the ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Kingston City Land Bank has completed the sale of the first four homes in its affordable homeownership Keystone Program, the agency announced last week. The homes, set for ...

Three homes have been renovated in the City of Binghamton using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, and they are now for sale. The Broome County Land Bank on Sept. 8 announced renovations at ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department was providing inaccurate information to the Detroit Land Bank about water service on a number of houses ...

LANSING — The Ingham County Land Bank is offering someone a chance to be on the leading edge of sustainability — and to build some financial equity — through the purchase of a new, solar-powered home ...

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker is shaking up the board of the Philadelphia Land Bank, which helps control the sale of city-owned land but hasn’t been moving fast enough to advance her housing priorities.

You might have noticed a different kind of for sale sign showing up in yards around your neighborhood. These signs, with “VACANT TO VIBRANT” in red letters, show properties that you can buy through ...

LaShawna Anthony was in dire straits. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was starting, and Anthony ― with a newborn and three older children ― found herself needing to escape a toxic relationship, ...