Category: National Best Practices

Local Housing Solutions “Creating and Managing Vacant Property Inventories”

Local Housing Solutions issued a brief providing “information on common approaches to creating and managing vacant properties inventories, including how...

April 26, 2023

Coordinating the Authority and Resources to Remediate Blight

The Citizens Research Council of Michigan (not-for-profit public affairs research organization, founded in 1916) recently released a report titled, “Coordinating...

February 20, 2023

Public CEO Op-Ed “How to prevent dangerous properties and increase revenue” – Value of a VPRO

Following up on a January Op-Ed (by Ryan Griffith Bay Area Receivership Group) discussing the benefits of receiverships, MuniReg’s President...

February 13, 2023

“Padlock Laws” for Nuisance Properties

The New Orleans City Council voted to give the police chief authority to shut down nuisance businesses that could be...

February 6, 2023

“Neighborhood Law Program” – City of Vallejo, CA

In an Op-ED for PublicCEO, Ryan Griffith, Attorney & Receiver at the Bay Area Receivership Group discusses his experience creating...

January 26, 2023

Neighborhood Preservation Clinic – Law School can be a great resource if you have one!

The University of Memphis School of Law’s Neighborhood Preservation Clinic is filing 25 lawsuits on behalf of the Klondike-Smokey City...

November 11, 2022

Reimagine Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement

In its newest publication, the Center for Community Progress “lays a general foundation for understanding the property tax system, but...

October 12, 2022

The State of Land Banking 2022

The Center for Community Progress created the National Land Bank Network (NLBN). At the 2022 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference, they...

September 21, 2022

When Landlords Hide Behind LLCs

A new Shelterforce article discusses the difficulties communities face in to knowing who owns a property due to the increasing numbers...

September 15, 2022

“Revitalize or Die” – Value of a “VPRO”

A recent article featured the “Revitalize or Die” blog of Jeff Siegler including comments about the value of a vacant...

July 21, 2022