Plywood is unsightly and advertises that a home is vacant. How do you fight against the spread of so-called zombie homes?
Read More »Cyprexx Expands InvisiBoard Offerings
Brandon, Florida based Cyprexx Services, LLC has launched new, more cost effective sheet sizes of its InvisiBoard polycarbonate in addition to providing select InvisiBoard products on Amazon.
Read More »Banishing Blight: Officials, Experts, and Lawmakers Meet for Roundtable
Blight is an epidemic across urban centers in the U.S. See how one community in Pennsylvania is combating it, and possible solutions that could be implemented to stop blight. Read on to see a three part video from leading experts in the field.
Read More »The Fight to Eliminate Blight Continues
While a fast track foreclosure bill aimed at eliminating blight awaits a vote in the Ohio State Senate, the U.S. Senate in Ohio has taken action.
Read More »Bank of America Loses Bid to Have Chicago Predatory Lending Lawsuit Dismissed
Cook County says that the bank's alleged predatory lending practices resulted in a higher number of foreclosures, increased blight, and lower property taxes in urban Chicago. Bank of America was seeking to have the suit dismissed, claiming that the county lacked standing to sue and waited too long to initiate litigation. The bank also says the county did not prove that the bank violated the Fair Housing Act, according to reports.
Read More »New York AG Proposes New Expanded Bill to Reduce Zombie Properties
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Monday that he plans to introduce an expanded version of the bill he proposed last year reduce the number of zombie properties in the state.
Read More »Ohio Lawmakers Plan to Re-Introduce Foreclosure Expedition Bill
Ohio state lawmakers plan to re-introduce a bill that would expedite the foreclosure process on residential homes and reduce the amount of time properties sit vacant, according to Ohio State Representative Cheryl Grossman. The bill, known as Ohio HB 223, was originally introduced into the Ohio House by Grossman, a Republican (the bill's primary sponsor), and Representative Michael Curtin, a Democrat, in June 2013.
Read More »Ohio Senate Amends Proposed Foreclosure Expedition Bill
An Ohio House bill that would have expedited the residential foreclosure and transfer process and taken steps toward eliminating blight and vandalism in foreclosed, vacated properties has been amended and was introduced in the Ohio State Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, a source close to one of the bill's sponsors told DS News.
Read More »Two Indiana Municipalities Receive Funds to Eliminate Blighted Properties
Indiana Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann announced on Friday that two of the state's municipalities were recipients of a combined total of approximately $2.9 million in awards from the Hardest Hit Fund Blight Elimination Program (BEP).
Read More »Real Estate Developer Pays $3.1 Million for Blighted Property Bundle In Detroit
Wayne County, Michigan, sold a bundle of more than 6,000, distressed and blighted properties to a single bidder for more than $3 million in the county's tax foreclosure auction earlier this week, according to Wayne County Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski.
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