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On The Road Ahead: Cleveland
The National - CBC News, November 14, 2011
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Demolishes Homes to Remove Blight
Governing, November 30, 1999
Bloomberg TV's Cali Carlin on Bank of America demolishing foreclosed homes
Bloomberg TV, July 29, 2011
Banks turn to demolition of foreclosed properties to ease housing-market pressures
Washington Post, October 13, 2011
County agencies break ground for senior housing in East Cleveland
Plain Dealer, November 8, 2011
Cuyahoga County land bank transforming neigborhoods hit by foreclosure
WEWS, October 28, 2010
East Cleveland razing 63 abandoned homes and apartment buildings for redevelopment: Plain Dealer videos
Plain Dealer, September 14, 2011
Land Bank knocks out some foreclosure problems
NPR, August 29, 2011
Bulldoze: The New way to Foreclose
Time, August 1, 2011
Raze the Roof: Cleveland levels vacant homes to revive neighborhoods
PBS NewsHour, July 5, 2011
Homesteading plan to offer abandoned homes to refugees
Plain Dealer, December 13, 2011



All Stories

Mortgage deal funds blight fight
Cincinnati Enquirer, February 13, 2012
Lack of land bank may impact funding for Butler County
Middletown Journal, February 13, 2012
Putting Ohio's predatory lender settlement demolition is smart: editorial
Plain Dealer, February 10, 2012
Beachwood man pleads guilty to mortgage fraud
Sun News, February 4, 2012
Businessman Uri Gofman sentenced for his role in mortgage fraud scheme
Plain Dealer, February 1, 2012
HUD, Cuyahoga Land Bank Renew Ground Breaking Agreement
The Collinwood Observer, January 30, 2012
Sentencings, trials and arraignments in Cuyahoga County: Court Watch
Plain Dealer, January 29, 2012
South Euclid Housing Department planning to rehabilitate a fifth house for re-sale; add community gardens
Sun News, January 23, 2012
Cuyahoga Land Bank partners with The International Services Center to Create a home for refugees
Lakewood Observer, January 12, 2012
Hamilton County starts land bank project
Fox 19, January 9, 2012
Lakewood couple renovates home victimized by massive mortgage fraud case
WEWS, January 5, 2012
HUD, Cuyahoga Land Bank Renew Ground Breaking Agreement
Parma Observer, January 4, 2012
Charities get more donated homes
USA Today, December 30, 2011
Cuyahoga County busy cleaning up alleged home flipper's properties
WEWS, December 30, 2011
Cuyahoga County busy cleaning up alleged home flipper's properties
WEWS, December 30, 2011
Cuyahoga Land Bank to demolish, repurpose fraud case's properties
WKYC, December 29, 2011
How the US Economy, Americans Fared in 2011
PBS NewsHour, December 29, 2011
5 Plead guilty to mortgage fraud
Strongsville Patch, December 22, 2011
Attorney General DeWine and the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission Announce Guilty Pleas in Nation's Largest Mortgage Fraud Case
WRTF, December 22, 2011
Holiday Cheers (no Jeers)
Plain Dealer, December 22, 2011
Cleveland Disassembles Itself in Face of Property-Value Plunge
Bloomberg, December 21, 2011
Guilty please in the larges case of mortgage fraud
WTAM, December 21, 2011
Five plead guilty in $44 million Cuyahoga County mortgage fraud case
WEWS, December 21, 2011
Beachwood man pleads guilty in nation's largest mortgage fraud
WKYC, December 21, 2011
Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force Announces Guilty Pleas
WOIO, December 21, 2011
Beachwood resident found guilty of mortgage fraud
Cleveland Jewish News, December 21, 2011
American Dream in Lakewood: Refugee Housing Program Unveiled
Lakewood Patch, December 15, 2011
Lakewood home will house refugees as part of new local partnership
Sun News, December 14, 2011
Default surge will weaken the housing market
Middletown Journal , December 14, 2011
Homesteading plan to offer abandoned homes to refugees
Plain Dealer, December 13, 2011
Northeast Ohio organizations plan to offer abandoned homes to immigrants
WEWS, December 13, 2011
Cuyahoga County nonprofit, HUD renew property transfer agreement
Crains Cleveland Business, December 9, 2011
A Berea abandoned home site becomes community garden
Sun News, December 8, 2011
County land bank concept alive and well in northeast Ohio
WKSU, December 8, 2011
Akron: Land bank to target abandoned homes
WKYC, December 4, 2011
Relief from the disaster
Akron Beacon Journal, December 4, 2011
Lakewood: The Community of Choice
Lakewood Observer, December 1, 2011
Cuyahoga Land Bank upgrades its website
Sun News, November 22, 2011
Lakewood Alive forum opnes community discussion
Sun News, November 17, 2011
Federal Reserve official predicts tough years for housing
Canton Repository, November 16, 2011
Should we tear down foreclosures?
MSN Money, November 15, 2011
LakewoodAlive to Discuss City's 'Vibrant Future'
Lakewood Patch, November 15, 2011
On The Road Ahead: Cleveland
The National - CBC News, November 14, 2011
On The Road Ahead [Behind the Scenes]
The National - CBC News, November 14, 2011
County agencies break ground for senior housing in East Cleveland
Plain Dealer, November 8, 2011
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Demolishes Homes to Remove Blight
Governing: The States and Localities, November 1, 2011
Cuyahoga County Land Bank is model for other regions, says Wash Post
Freshwater, October 20, 2011
A Respite for East Cleveland: Joe Frolik
Plain Dealer, October 18, 2011
Some banks are giving away foreclosed properites, cleveland serves as model
ABA Journal, October 13, 2011
US banks start to demolish foreclosed properties
AHN, October 13, 2011
Cleveland could hold future of the foreclosure crisis: demolition
Washington Post, October 13, 2011
Banks turn to demolition of foreclosed properties to ease housing-market pressures
Washington Post, October 13, 2011
Don't forget potential of land bank
Canton Repository, September 26, 2011
Mayors, city managers discuss possible county land bank
The News Herald, September 26, 2011
Pittsburg seeking new ways to keep up with number of vacant properties
Pittsburg Post Gazette, September 18, 2011
Cheers & Jeers
Plain Dealer, September 15, 2011
Cuyahoga Land bank to demolish 60 dwellings in East Cleveland
WEWS, September 14, 2011
Demolition begins in Cuyahoga Land bank redevelopment project East Cleveland
Plain Dealer, September 14, 2011
East Cleveland buildings demolished to create new development
WEWS, September 14, 2011
East Cleveland razing 63 abandoned homes and apartment buildings for redevelopment: Plain Dealer videos
Plain Dealer, September 14, 2011
Blight bulldozed in east cleveland
WOIO, September 14, 2011
East Cleveland Demo project
WTAM, September 14, 2011
American Jobs Act's Project Rebuild aims to revitalize Vacant homes
Huffington Post, September 14, 2011
Cuyahoga land bank clearing big section of east cleveland
WKSU, September 13, 2011
University Circle sees residential potential in East Cleveland; city county backing $5 million project
Plain Dealer, September 13, 2011
Thinking outside the Circle works for East Cleveland: editorial
Plain Dealer, September 13, 2011
Cleveland' Land Bank fights blight of foreclosures
Planetizen, August 30, 2011
Land Bank knocks out some foreclosure problems
NPR, August 29, 2011
Home values saved one demolition at a time
UPI.com, August 29, 2011
Land Bank provides solution for lender stuck with dilapidated houses
housingzone.com, August 29, 2011
Brian Ulrich: Bringing Down the House
Time, August 25, 2011
Couty things a land bank could tackle blight
Canton Repository, August 22, 2011
Our View: Idea of a land bank in stark county is worth further exploration
Canton Repository, August 22, 2011
Full House: Shaker Heights couple preparing to restore landmark Asa Upson house
Plain Dealer, August 18, 2011
City Tears down nuisance apartment building
Patch.com, August 17, 2011
One Solution to Rundown Foreclosed Houses? Bulldoze Them
Alter NOW, August 17, 2011
Bulldoze: The New way to Foreclose
Time, August 1, 2011
Bloomberg TV's Cali Carlin on Bank of America demolishing foreclosed homes
Bloomberg TV, July 29, 2011
Hit with foreclosures, Bank of America donating, demolishing homes
Boston Globe, July 28, 2011
BofA donates then demolishes houses to cut glut of foreclosures
Bloomberg, July 27, 2011
Examination of Cleveland-area land bank shows hope for area properties
Dayton Daily News, July 10, 2011
Wells Fargo, Bank of America donating properties to Cuyahoga Land Bank
Collinwood Observer, July 9, 2011
Raze the Roof: Cleveland levels vacant homes to revive neighborhoods
PBS NewsHour, July 5, 2011
Wells Fargo, Bank of America donate propeties to Ohio Land Bank
DSNews.com, June 30, 2011
Bank of America, Cuyahoga County Land Bank form Partnership to address abandoned homes
LoanSafe.org, June 29, 2011
Bank donates forecloused homes to Cuyahoga County
WKSU, June 28, 2011
Bank of America to donate vacant, foreclosed properties to Cuyahoga Land Bank
Crains Cleveland Business, June 28, 2011
Bank of America, Cuyahoga County Land Bank Launch partnership to address abandoned homes
Business Wire, June 28, 2011
Wells, BofA donate vacant foreclosures to Cuyahoga land Bank
Housing Wire, June 28, 2011
Wells Fargo, Bank of America donate foreclosed and abandoned properties to Cuyahoga Land Bank
Plain Dealer, June 28, 2011
Land Bank cashes in
WCPN, June 28, 2011
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WKYC, June 28, 2011
Cleveland Hts to Expand Partnership with Land Bank to tackle vacant homes
Patch.com, June 14, 2011
Green infrastructure advocates get hands dirty
Crains Cleveland Business, April 18, 2011
Cuyahoga County land bank transforming neigborhoods hit by foreclosure
WEWS, October 28, 2010
Community partnership for arts and culture scrutinizing economic impact of music, musicians in studies
Plain Dealer, July 31, 2010
Cuyahoga Land Bank is fighting back against the foreclosure crisis: Jim Rokakis
Plain Dealer, July 13, 2010
land banks can acquire, manage abandoned properties under new law
Dayton Daily News, July 9, 2010
HUD-land bank helps restore neighborhoods
Call & Post, July 8, 2010
HUD looking to sell Cuyahoga county FHA Foreclosed homes at cut rate
Community development digest, July 6, 2010
Cuyahoga County land bank marks first year with series of accomplishments
Plain Dealer, July 4, 2010
Ohio Land Bank to Acquire HUD foreclosures for $100
housingwire.com, July 2, 2010
HUD agrees to sell foreclosed houses to Cuyahoga County land bank
Plain Dealer, July 2, 2010
Cuyahoga county land bank gets federal grant to assess brownfield sites
Plain Dealer, April 21, 2010
Cleveland, land bank and others get $41 million to demolish, rehab and improve neigbhorhoods
Plain Dealer, January 14, 2010
Sustainable neighborhoods through creative use of land banks
The Ohio Planner's News, January 1, 2010
Fannie Mae is dealing responsibly with foreclosed properties in Cuyahoga County - editorial
Plain Dealer, December 19, 2009
Fannie Mae and the new Cuyahoga County land bank forge unique agreement
Plain Dealer, December 16, 2009
HUD gives first dibs on low-value houses in Cleveland to the city and nonprofit groups
Plain Dealer, November 21, 2009
Complex finances to help get county land bank going
Plain Dealer, October 22, 2009
Transforming abondoned properties into parks, housing may get easier
Dayton Daily News, October 21, 2009
Cleveland should avoid investing too much in weaker neighborhoods, study finds
Plain Dealer, October 14, 2009
Cuyahoga County land bank close to acquiring 1st properties, considers foreclosure-averting "better bank"
Plain Dealer, August 30, 2009
County land bank will help Berea
Sun News, August 13, 2009
Land banks gain popularity as a way to fight urban blight
USA Today, July 9, 2009
Ohio's first countywide land bank is now operating in northeast ohio
WKSU, June 11, 2009
Cuyahoga County must make the most of new land bank
Plain Dealer, May 25, 2009
Cuyahoga County Land bank could launch Cleveland renewal
Plain Dealer, May 19, 2009
if you lived here, you'd be home already
Scene, May 6, 2009
Cuyahoga County takes a proactive stance on foreclosures with the new land bank
Plain Dealer, February 6, 2009
Ohio senate passes legislation to create cuyahoga county land bank
Plain Dealer, December 10, 2008
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Demolishes Homes to Remove Blight
Governing, November 30, 1999

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