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"Vacant Land as a Natural Asset: Enduring Land Values Created by Care and Ownership."_M... - 2 views

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    Nassaure, J.I., VanWieren, R., Wang, Z., and Kahn, D. 2008. "Vacant Land as a Natural Asset: Enduring Land Values Created by Care and Ownership." Genesee Institute, Flint, MI. "Vacant land can be managed to create enduring environmental values. This project analyzed vacant properties managed by the Genesee County Land Bank Authority (GCLBA) to show how they can be managed to achieve inviting neighborhoods and to protect and build long-term ecosystem services. The project marries the intrinsic strengths of Genesee County - especially its water resources - with its immediate strengths: citizens' engagement and sense of ownership in their own neighborhoods. It takes these strengths one step further by showing how to create enduring value on vacant land by encouraging community engagement in the care and environmental stewardship of vacant property. To achieve these goals, this report suggests that the GCLBA manage its properties across three times frames: NOW - FOR MAINTENANCE. With primary concern for maintaining property in cost-efficient ways that enhance neighborhood appeal while protecting ecosystem services. TRANSFORMATION - AS A RIPENING AMENITY FOR THE FUTURE. Using the locations of the more than 4000 GCLBA properties across the county as an opportunity to create more attractive neighborhoods and environmentally beneficial landscape patterns for the future. FUTURE - AS LAND USE TYPES. Identifying future land uses and landscape characteristics of GCLBA properties to enhance the value of surrounding properties as well as enhance ecosystem services for the entire community."
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"Mortgage Foreclosures: Additional Mortgage Servicer Actions Could Help Reduce the Freq... - 0 views

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    United States Government Accountability Office. "Mortgage Foreclosures: Additional Mortgage Servicer Actions Could Help Reduce the Frequency and Impact of Abandoned Foreclosures." 1-86. Washington, D.C.: U.S. GAO, 2010. Summary: "Entities responsible for managing home mortgage loans--called servicers--may initiate foreclosure proceedings on certain delinquent loans but then decide to not complete the process. Many of these properties are vacant. These abandoned foreclosure--or "bank walkaway"--properties can exacerbate neighborhood decline and complicate federal stabilization efforts. GAO was asked to assess (1) the nature and prevalence of abandoned foreclosures, (2) their impact on communities, (3) practices that may lead servicers to initiate but not complete foreclosures and regulatory oversight of foreclosure practices, and (4) actions some communities have taken to reduce abandoned foreclosures and their impacts. GAO analyzed servicer loan data from January 2008 through March 2010 and conducted case studies in 12 cities. GAO also interviewed representatives of federal agencies, state and local officials, nonprofit organizations, and six servicers, among others, and reviewed federal banking regulations and exam guidance. Among other things, GAO recommends that the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) require servicers they oversee to notify borrowers and communities when foreclosures are halted and to obtain updated valuations for selected properties before initiating foreclosure. The Federal Reserve neither agreed nor disagreed with these recommendations. OCC did not comment on the recommendations. Using data from large and subprime servicers and government-sponsored mortgage entities representing nearly 80 percent of mortgages, GAO estimated that abandoned foreclosures are rare--representing less than 1 percent of vacant homes between January 2008 and March 2010. GAO also found that, while abandoned foreclosures have occurred
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The Possibilities of LIHTC Projects in a City with Long Term Population Loss: A Counter... - 2 views

In this paper, shrinking cities refer to cities that have experienced decades-long sustained population loss and, in the United States, those that continued to lose population through the 2000s. Of...

shrinking cities population loss LIHTC New Orleans blight federal policy urban planning Riekes Trivers Ian Ehrenfeucht Renia Ehrenfeucht 2011

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Do Vacant Properties Kill Neighborhoods? An Agent-Based Simulation of Property Abandonment - 3 views

Abstract: "Buffalo is among the cities with the highest vacancy rates in the US. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of tax foreclosure properties at the City's tax auction (in rem) increased. By 200...

Buffalo case studies foreclosure population loss homeownership agent-based approach speculative investors homeowners REM properties Fillmore District Li Yin Robert Silverman 2011

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Planning for Urban Regeneration and Energy Investments: Issues of Conflict and Compatib... - 2 views

Abstract: EPA's RE-Powering America initiative, DOE's Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy programs and HUD's Sustainable Communities efforts all are directed toward altering energy usage and/or gene...

EPA RE-Powering America Initiative DOE Efficiency Renewable HUD's Sustainable Communities renewable energy generation locally undesirable land uses (LULU) National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals Peter Meyer 2011

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"Community Gardens as New Forms of Public Space." _Langegger [conference paper] - 0 views

Langegger, Sig. "Community Gardens as New Forms of Public Space." Paper to be presented at the annual conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City, Utah, Octob...

community gardens public spaces urban planning Denver CO case studies

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