Planning

Baltimore Housing Program Offers Incentive to Buyers of Vacant Properties

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Announced on June 30, 2011, Baltimore’s housing department will offer $10,000 to each of the first 50 buyers of vacant, rehabilitated homes.  Homeowners qualify by purchasing a vacant home with a rehab loan such as a 203(k) or by finding a recently rehabbed home that the city considers a Vacants to Value property.  The incentive money
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Detroit Light-Rail Project Progresses

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Convenient, sustainable transportation is vital for city revitalization and regeneration.  When residents have better transportation, they can more easily access employment opportunities and support local businesses and local economies.  Transportation not only reinvigorates local economies, but also strengthens community and social connections.  One option for sustainable and convenient transportation is a light-rail system. Detroit has
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White House Launched the Neighborhood Revitalization Initative

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In October of 2010, the White House launched the Neighborhood Revitalization initiative, which seeks to be place-based, coordinated, flexible, data- and results-driven, and interdisciplinary.  Within each community, the initiative will utilize the area’s networks, social capital, and the experience of local community organizations to enhance and localize the efforts of five different agencies’ place-based programs. 
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Auctioning of Vacant Property Reveals that Land Banking and Regeneration is Key to Community Revitalization

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In 2011, 1,000 individuals attended the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) auction to bid on approximately 200 vacant properties and abandoned houses in the area.   The event did not contain requirements such as sealed bids, commitments to live in the house for five years and minimums that would not undermine neighborhood values and received bids from
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New Partners for Community Revitalization Inc. Asked New York state legislators to Approve Additional Funding for Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program

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On June 7, 2011, New Partners for Community Revitalization Inc. asked the Governor, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Assembly Speaker to prepare additional funding for the Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program to continue the BOA’s major contributions to NY’s economic development and job creation.  More than 36 BOA projects have finished the application process and
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