Land Banking and Community Land Trusts: Strategies for Reclaiming Philly’s Vacant Properties

Philadelphia recently established a land bank, an increasingly popular tool for Rust Belt cities to address struggles with post-industrial vacancy. While land banking can help facilitate the process by which vacant land is put back into productive use, it can also perpetuate cycles of uneven development and disinvestment if land only goes to the highestContinue reading Land Banking and Community Land Trusts: Strategies for Reclaiming Philly’s Vacant Properties