… office of the Indianapolis Land Bank on May 28 after a months-long … nonprofit groups. The land bank's director, Reginald Walton, … been charged. Allegedly, land bank officials were exploiting … other would-be buyers of land bank property. The Indianapolis Land Bank would sell properties at …
… n response to government land banks side-stepping state law, … R-Caledonia, that would penalize land banks for acquiring property before … actions of the Kent County Land Bank when it blocked the sale … properties last year. Though land banks are promoted as entities … would purchase, the Kent County Land Bank has worked to acquire desirable …
After the Kent County Land Bank Authority came under fire for buying … and will look at how other land banks choose to buy property. … residents upset with the land bank's actions. If its members … elsewhere. When defending the land bank's practices, Executive Director … $220 million to expand its land banking activities. A recent …
… agents suing the Kent County Land Bank for blocking tax foreclosed … auction. This summer, the land bank coordinated with Kent County … from tax auction gave the land bank control over who is allowed … purchase property, and gave the land bank a say in how the property is used. Land bank staff comments at the time …
… bulk of it will go to Michigan land banking activities. Of the … will be given to government land banks. Ironically, this will … 2006, any property acquired by a land bank is deemed to be blighted. … So thanks to state law, land banks cannot eradicate blight, … those considering purchasing land bank property, this could mean that …
… Unfortunately, the Michigan Land Bank failed to sell the property and … buy the property. But the land bank halted bidding, saying that, … a safety hazard that the Land Bank is responsible for removing." … wasn't a consideration. The land bank's failure to sell Eminem's … that the 120 or so bids the land bank received after news coverage was …
The Genesee County Land Bank is considering offering properties … soldiers at a discount. The land bank's favored buyers would pay … percent less. The Genesee land bank isn't the first Michigan land bank to consider subsidizing housing … than $36 million has been spent on land banking activities in the area …
… at providing funding to "land banks," which are government entities … to the bill, government land banks and government corporations could … impossible for Michigan land banks to eliminate "blight," since … advocating for the expansion of land banking throughout the United … congressman started the Genesee County Land Bank, Michigan's first government …
… recommending that the Kent County Land Bank be prohibited from purchasing … summer, the Kent County Land Bank caused a stir when it snapped … auction. By doing so, the land bank blocked redevelopment from … private market. Moreover, the land bank spent more than $400,000 … spend. State law prohibits land banks from acquiring property …
… properties to the Kent County Land Bank. These properties will not … helping the Kent County Land Bank circumvent state law, which forbids land banks from acquiring property … tax auction. Moreover, the land bank will have the ability to … revenue than the price the land bank will pay. Though the resolution …
Audrey Spalding was a guest on “The Tony Conley Show” on WILS AM1320 in Lansing today, discussing her work on land bank policy. You can read more of her work on that topic here, here and here.
… against the Kent County Land Bank, claiming that it violated … transfer them directly to the land bank. The Kent County Land Bank requested that more than … neighborhoods," and "[funding] the Land Bank." Some of those properties are … a track record of success; land banking in Michigan (and elsewhere) …
… 40 properties over to the Kent County Land Bank to prohibit private individuals … Alliance reports that the land bank spent nearly $500,000 to … Though the ostensible purpose of land banking, which has exploded … beset by vacancy, Michigan land banks have broad powers that can be misused and abused. Land banks have the ability to borrow …
… However, when the Kent County Land Bank Authority acquired 5076 Montauk … acquired by any Michigan land bank is considered blighted by … bidder. The theory behind land banks is that government needs … does not fit that bill. The land bank appears to have acquired … speculator." But Michigan's land banking law ensures that land …
… Authorize extra Detroit/Wayne "land bank" property tax breaks, passed … combined Detroit/Wayne County "land bank" authority, rather than the … year tax break for other land bank authorities. Complete Roll … among the things that local "land bank" authorities are supposed … Add public transportation to land use planning considerations, …
… House Bill 4626: Authorize land bank sanction and complaint process … for a local government “land bank” that acquired tax reverted … ruling went against the land bank and was upheld by a circuit court, the director of the land bank would have to be fired. This … cost to the Kent County land bank, as a way of circumventing …
… promulgated a law prohibiting knights from killing rich widows and taking their land, we can infer that there was a whole lotta widow-killing going on back then. … R-Muskegon, on Dec. 10, 2009, to revise the 2003 law that created local "land bank" authorities empowered to assemble and dispose of abandoned tax reverted …
… and the sale of its Detroit land in 2003. The recommendation … selling off a portion of its land. It then saw expenditures exceed … has reported that just the land without the 20 buildings on … the site to a government “land bank” authority, which has issued … sale or development of the land. The Upper Peninsula state …
… should be gotten rid of. Land Banks: “Michigan’s land banks face various problems across … development. Some county land banks have circumvented the tax … Statutory reforms to make land banks more accountable will be … the very least, the 40 lands banks in Michigan should not be able …
… success of the project. In other words, the state (represented by its Land Bank) is still keeping something of a grip on the property and could earn additional … option to take the property back if the project falters. Even at today's land prices, the state should have just shed the property by selling it to the …
… barn or other facilities located on land zoned for agricultural purposes as … at this time. House Bill 5949: Let banks hold back suspected financial abuse … by Rep. Peter Lucido (R), to allow bank and financial institution officials … would expire in 15 days unless the bank determines the disbursement is legitimate, …
… housing project tax breaks, passed in the House (85 to 14) To exempt housing projects receiving state or federal subsidies and on property sold by a "land bank fast track authority" from the (discounted) property tax imposed on such property. Complete Roll Call Vote Tally House Bill 6086, Appropriate …
… to committee, no further action at this time. Senate Bill 422: Give “land banks” a social welfare mission Introduced by Sen. Ian Conyers (D), to expand the mission of government “land banks” to also include making homes available for disabled veterans. These …
… action at this time. House Bill 4423: Let more municipalities incur “land bank” debt Introduced by Rep. David LaGrand (D), to expand the municipalities … debt related to their buying and selling properties in a government “land bank fast track authority.” Referred to committee, no further action at this …
… Who Voted "No" House Bill 4803, Sell state fairgrounds: Passed 101 to 7 in the House To transfer the state fairgrounds in Detroit to a Michigan "Land Bank Fast Track Authority" created by the legislature in 2003, which has extensive powers to assemble and dispose of tax reverted property. Alternatively, …
… Mackinac Center Education Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding recently wrote about the abuses of one type of such entities, a relatively new one called “land bank” authorities. Fiscal Policy Director Michael LaFaive has written about another proposed tax-borrow-and-spend entity being strongly advanced by Kent …
… authority, authorize grants to local governments to create “wetland mitigation banks,” slightly reduce wetland regulatory burdens imposed on county drain commission … the scope those required by federal law, and make other changes to these land use restrictions. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" House Bill 4042, …
… Steelcase "Pyramid" building for a loosely defined, education-related "public/private partnership," along with other spending including more money for "land banks." The bill would also authorize $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted …
… law, instead basing pay strictly on degree-level and seniority. We learned of this through FOIA requests we sent to school districts. The Detroit Land Bank’s blight demolition program has come under scrutiny and was subject to a federal investigation for wasted funds and inefficiencies. An open records …
… thinking. But a working paper published in July by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia upends the conventional wisdom that gentrification harms … Travis County homeowner just in the last five years. He also cited burdensome land-use and building regulations as key contributors to Austin’s housing affordability …
… have completed advanced degrees. They will likely be fine. Maybe they won’t land their dream job, but they’re still highly employable and will be able to … today, adjusted for inflation. According to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for every $1 in federal loans and grants, schools have increased …
… Better mapping reduces the costs of wildfires Less land is affected by wildfires Air conditioning costs … has a long shelf life Pesticides reduce amount of land needed for farming Geospatial technology allows … adding to their forested lands. For example, World Bank figures indicate that the United States increased …
… Voted "No" House Bill 4803, Sell state fairgrounds: Passed 34 to 4 in the Senate To transfer the state fairgrounds in Detroit to a Michigan "Land Bank Fast Track Authority" created by the legislature in 2003, which has extensive powers to assemble and dispose of tax reverted property. Alternatively, …
… authority, authorize grants to local governments to create “wetland mitigation banks,” slightly reduce wetland regulatory burdens imposed on county drain commission … scope of those required by federal law, and make other changes to these land use restrictions. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" House Bill 4743, …
