The Vacant Properties Research Network, A project of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech in collaboration with Econsult Solutions, Inc....
March 22, 2021
In February 2019, a LSU’s Department of Sociology study showed a statistical connection between homicide, blighted buildings and convenience stores...
March 17, 2021
On March 5th, 2021 the US Government Accountability Office released a report titled, “Home Foreclosures Sales: FHA, Rural Housing Service,...
March 5, 2021
Open data and transparency regarding vacant and abandoned properties can result in unintended circumstances. However when discussing rental properties the...
January 20, 2021
Update August 15th, 2023 This Bill has now been signed into law. For more information, please click on following link:...
December 23, 2020
A recent University of Kansas study found a program demolishing more than 500 abandoned residential properties in Kansas City, Missouri,...
November 16, 2020
Vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties plague communities of all sizes across the United States. Whether spurred by natural disasters or...
October 14, 2020
Authored by Payton A. Heins, Associate Director of Michigan Initiatives and Matt Kreis, General Counsel, this new resource “breaks down...
September 15, 2020
Rachel Bratt, a Senior Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies and former visiting scholar at the Federal...
August 14, 2020
Daniel Kuhlmann, assistant professor of community and regional planning at Iowa State University recently authored a paper, suggesting that demolishing...
August 4, 2020