Strengthening Land Bank Sales Programs to Stabilize Detroit Neighborhoods

Students examined the results of Detroit Land Bank sales programs and developed a plan for strengthening them in achieving the Land Bank’s mission to return vacant and abandoned property to productive reuse that stabilizes neighborhoods.  The Land Bank has gained more than 97,000 properties, created numerous new programs, and hired many staff in the last two years.  It is the largest land bank in the country and is in the vanguard of innovative approaches to addressing the challenges of vacant and abandoned property.  The Land Bank’s leaders have based their work on best practices and policy analysis from national land…