… 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 …
