Category: Reference Desk

NLC Municipal Action Guide Managing Foreclosures and Vacant Properties

In 2012 In order to help city leaders engage in foreclosure prevention efforts, NLC’s Center for Research and Innovation created...

August 8, 2019

Journal of Behavioral Medicine “Urban building demolitions, firearm violence and drug crime”

In February, we reported on a LSU Department of Sociology study showing a statistical connection between homicide, blighted buildings and...

August 2, 2019

National League of Cities Report: Homeward Bound The Road to Affordable Housing

The National League of Cities (NLC) issued an affordable housing report entitled “Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing,” The...

The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (MA): Vacant and Abandoned Buildings: Toolkit for Town Officials

In May 2018 the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (MA) issued a report titled  “Vacant and Abandoned Buildings: Toolkit for...

July 31, 2019

University of Texas School of Law: Texas Problem Properties Toolkit

In 2010, the Community Development Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law issued a study titled, “Texas Problem...

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) – “Vacant Property Strategies”

In December 2018 Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)  issued a report titled “Vacant Property Strategies” Per the LISC website “The...

Nuisance Property Ordinance Guides

Enterprise Community Partners 2001 Guide , “Solving Chronic Nuisance Problems: A Guide for Neighborhood Leaders”. To access, please click here...

IAAI Abandoned Building Toolbox

The International Association of Arson Investigators has available on their website an Abandoned Building Toolbox. The IAAI/USFA Abandoned Building “Tool...

July 30, 2019

GAO-19-517 Improved Procedures and Assessment Could Increase Efficiency of Foreclosed Property Conveyances

As FHA insured mortgages continue to increase its market share, additional focus should be placed on the policies FHA/HUD have...

July 1, 2019

Center for Community Progress Study on Albuquerque’s Potential for Land Banking as Solution to Abandoned Properties

In January 2018 Albuquerque’s Vacant & Abandoned Houses Task Force issued their findings and recommendations to council. In April 2019,...

May 8, 2019