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 ...

The agreement slashes the amount of time it takes the Land Bank to clear the title of a tax-deliquent property. The battle to reclaim vacant and abandoned tax-deliquent houses and lots in the city of ...

Pittsburgh’s Land Bank appears poised to take another step in its ability to deal with abandoned properties, as the city’s school district takes up a proposed agreement that will allow the agency to ...

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 ...

Detroit — More than half of homes purchased from the Detroit Land Bank Authority over the last decade have appreciated in value — some by tens of thousands of dollars — but the gains were not evenly ...

A concentration of Turn the Key properties on N Marston Street in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that ...

Formerly vacant properties could soon be on the market in Westmoreland County. The county’s land bank, the agency responsible for collecting and rehabilitating properties, has put out a call for ...

HAZELWOOD WITH THE MESSAGE FROM MAYOR ED GAINEY. CITY OF PITTSBURGH LEADERS SAY THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKE HOMES MORE AFFORDABLE. THAT’S WHY THEY’RE PARTNERING WITH ...

Through its new program, the Department of Metropolitan Development says, it has acquired 140 properties in 2024 and 2025, and has put 115 of those back on the market. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Over ...

Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! Ask us a question or send us a story idea you think we should cover. The ...

The lot at 3502 Mingo St, which is one of the vacant properties listed on the city's urban land bank program plan, photographed on April 23, in Dallas. Dallas City Council will hold a public hearing ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In 2022, when Christa Stoneham became CEO of Houston Land Bank, ...