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Little Or No Consequences for Detroit Land Bank Billing Scam

Only one employee transferred with a pay cut

… oprieties at the Detroit Land Bank Authority cost taxpayers … compliance manager for the land bank's demolition work, oversaw … Officials from the Detroit Land Bank Authority said they cannot … public of affairs for the land bank. Whistleblower Timothy Drakeford … also reported that the land bank's chair, Erica Ward Gerson, …

Land Bank Reform Bills In Holding Pattern

… to contest deals in which land banks acquire property before … broader issues involving land banks," a spokesman in Rep. Yonker's … governor has a work group on lank banks. We want to make sure that … together." Under Michigan law, land banks can't buy tax reverted properties … chance at tax auctions. Land banks are supposed to get their …

Genesee County Land Bank Threatens Private Property Rights

… whole new level with the Land Bank; a centerpiece of the Genesee County Urban Land Redevelopment Initiative. Utilizing … Shafran of WJRT in Flint, the Land Bank is now responsible for more … park. The Genesee County Land Bank, however, seems to go well … of the property y in the Land Bank. According to former Genesee …

Analysis: Genesee County Land Bank Threatens Private Property Rights

… whole new level with the Land Bank; a centerpiece of the Genesee County Urban Land Redevelopment Initiative. Utilizing … Shafran of WJRT in Flint, the Land Bank is now responsible for more … park. The Genesee County Land Bank, however, seems to go well … of the property y in the Land Bank. According to former Genesee …

Court Grills County Over Land Bank Activities

… treasurer and the Kent County Land Bank for bypassing the public … foreclosed property to the land bank for an amount no higher than … which it was sold to the land bank. The proceeds would have … Michigan law prohibits land banks from purchasing tax-foreclosed … and then sell it to the land bank at cost. Investors complained …

New Strategies Needed for Dealing With Blight

… 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 …

Land Bank Funding Makes It Into Supplemental Spending Bill

… funding for the Fast Track Land Bank Authority was included in … well. The decision on the land bank funding and several other … the $1.7 million for the land bank authority to be part of the … have a better idea?' " Land banks around the state have been … purpose instead of propping up land banking," said Audrey Spalding, …

Legislature Split on Funding For Land Bank Authority

Senate wants to fund program; House wants to defund

… purposes to the Fast Track Land Bank Authority. The Senate wants to send the money to the Land Bank Authority, but the House … version — the $1.7 million for the Land Bank Authority was one of the … are taking a closer look at land banking," said Audrey Spalding, … and a national expert on land banks. "Michigan land banks have …

Lawmakers Move Away From Giving Land Banks Exclusive Privileges

Land banks that purchase tax reverted property before public … in Kent County, where the land bank has bought dozens of properties … would have specified that land banks could purchase delinquent … making it even easier for land banks to dominate this portion … the language pertaining to land banks would be removed from the …

Bill Would Let Land Banks Buy Property Before The Public

… Senate would specify that land banks can purchase delinquent … Senate Bill 640 to allow land banks to purchase delinquent property … indication of the growing land bank empire's skill at political … Under Michigan statute, land banks aren't supposed to purchase … of the law was to limit land bank purchases to the less desirable …