A vacant East Chestnut Street home that was the subject of neighbor complaints at several village council meetings this summer is on the fast track to possibly being acquired for demolition by the Columbiana County land bank program. Councilman Peter Wilson reported this week the property at 518 E. Chestnut St. was on the list […]
Columbiana County's land bank program hopes to expand its demolition program in a big way, thanks to delinquent property tax collections. Land bank director Robert Ritchey reported at Wednesday's board meeting revenue it received from delinquent property tax foreclosures totaled $ 144,346 between January and May, which is nearly three times larger than what he […]
In a rare move, Fargo City Commissioners have ordered demolition of a vacant, 120 year old house at 1011 5th Avenue South, condemned and declared a dangerous building by the city. The decision was made at a hearing before the commission Monday. Foreclosure News
The Michigan Homeowner Assistance Nonprofit Housing Corporation and Detroit Land Bank Authority have reached a settlement concerning invoices that were improperly submitted for repayment by the city's demolition program. MHA, the entity created by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to administer funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury under its Hardest Hit Fund […]
Thanks in part to the city's success in accessing Cuyahoga County demolition grants in recent years, there's still $ 344,000 set aside locally that hasn't been used. Now city officials are looking at the possibility of using the money to acquire houses, especially since the Cuyahoga County Land Bank now offers cities a first-purchase option […]
Demolition in two of the state’s most challenged cities – Detroit and Flint – will get a federal boost of $ 55 million to tear down blighted structures, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced today. The government awarded an additional $ 74.5 million in “Hardest Hit” funds to Michigan to help stabilize the housing market […]
A demolition contractor and excavator operator were sentenced to prison on Friday in cases stemming from a 2013 building collapse in Philadelphia that killed six… ABA Journal Daily News