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is a valuable tool for stabilizing historic properties and putting them on the path to redevelopment.

Saving Scofield Mansion A look at the community driven restoration work on Scofield Mansion in Cleveland, Ohio.

As hurricane-prone areas prep for storms, is a valuable alternative to plywood for disaster board ups

A New Way of Doing Disaster Boardups The devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in the U.S., and the damage inflicted on Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria, is a grim reminder of the power of these storms and the widespread damage they leave in their wake.

Tarentum, PA fining residents who let properties become blight...as high as $5000! TribLIVE.com http://ow.ly/2o9530knojF

Tarentum council poised to enact vacant property ordinance, fees up to $5,000 Owners of empty buildings in Tarentum could soon find themselves having to pay a fee to the borough, starting at $150 and rising to as ...

Fast-Tracking Foreclosure passes in PA!!!

PA Senate Passes HB653, Fast-Tracking the Foreclosure Process Statewide | SecureView SecureView is a patented, recycled, alternative window board-up / property preservation system that provides clear views and lets in natural light. SecureView windows guard, protect, and secure vacant and abandoned properties without exposing their vacancy to onlookers.

"Durham, North Carolina, was one of the first to ban plywood on abandoned homes, instead covering them up with clear polycarbonate." http://ow.ly/ya6v30kmGih

How Do You Fight Blight? This Man Has an Answer Fixing up abandoned homes and lots is a strategy more cities are adopting to increase property values and lower crime. In Detroit, one resident was doing it long before anybody else.

Code enforcement officials across the country are embracing . This just in from Washington state

Yakima officials consider ‘clear boarding’ as alternative to securing vacant homes with plywood YAKIMA, Wash. -- Camille Becker subscribes to the “broken window” theory, which states if broken windows are not repaired or graffiti is allowed to stand, it signals that petty crime

can be a valuable historic preservation tool. We were proud to be a part of this project and have our resident historic preservation expert, Heather, pitch in to secure, cleanup and mothball on of Colorado's historic treasures.

Congratulations to the Ogdensburg Land Bank Corporation on becoming the state's 25th land bank! This is a positive step forward in rehabilitating blighted properties in the city

Ogdensburg accepted into state Land Bank Program OGDENSBURG — City officials have received word that the municipality has been accepted into the state’s Land Bank Program.