Vacant Land Watch 2012 Archives
City's Current Efforts to Reform Vacant Land Policy
- 10/17/2012 State enabling legislation for land banks passes (Current)
- 09/19/2012 BIA Housing Conference includes panel on vacant land reforms (Current)
- 06/13/2012 Land of Opportunity (Current)
- 06/01/2012 PlanPhilly event on land bank/vacant property reform June 12 (Current)
- 05/22/2012 City policy on vacant land and searchable database announced (Current)
- 02/02/2012 Land bank bill introduced (Current)
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Press and Opinions
- 12/06/2012 Philly land bank moves forward, but what about historic preservation? (Current)
- 12/04/2012 Plan for a Philadelphia city land bank is taking steps forward (Current)
- 10/24/2012 Land bank would enable city to deal with vacant properties (Current)
- 10/02/2012 Prioritizing preservation in Philadelphia’s land bank registration (Current)
- 08/23/2012 Group wants pictures of vacant lots to raise awareness (Current)
- 08/15/2012 Campaign to Take Back Vacant Land proposes land bank (Current)
- 06/11/2012 Property-tax delinquents owe city, schools $515.4M. (Current)
- 05/25/2012 Inquirer Editorial: Selling city land can reduce blight (Current)
- 05/23/2012 Philadelphia’s vacant properties for sale to be posted online (Current)
- 05/22/2012 People’s Editorial Board: Time for a Land Bank (Current)
- 05/17/2012 Abandoned factories pose a problem in reviving Philly areas (Current)
- 05/10/2012 Join the CAMPAIGN for PHILADELPHIA LAND BANK 2012! (Current)
- 05/09/2012 A more fitting tirbute to fallen firefighters (Current)
- 05/06/2012 Inquirer Editorial: Pay more attention to abandoned buildings (Current)
- 04/24/2012 Banking on Neighborhood Stabilization (Current)
- 04/19/2012 Vacant property issues in the news… (CurrentCurrentCurrent)
- 03/27/2012 Council proposals would reinvent vacant-land and tax-delinquency systems (Current)
- 03/13/2012 Philadelphia’s imminent vacant land plan: major progress, or major letdown? (Current)
- 03/12/2012 Property plan not exactly money in the (land) bank (Current)
- 03/06/2012 Activists Wary of City’s Land Bank Legislation (Current)
- 02/21/2012 Land bank can keep tabs on vacant properties (Current)
- 02/03/2012 Councilwoman Sánchez introduces bill on dealing with vacant city properties (Current)