Tag: Vacant property

Pittsburgh’s unproductive property problem

Summary: Act 153 of 2012 allowed municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 to create a land bank to more efficiently combat blighted, vacant and

Allegheny Institute November 19, 2025

Challenges for Land Task Force

The Mayor has asked for permission to create a 25 member task force that will deal with the City’s vacant properties. The panel, if

Christopher Wendt February 3, 2010

Pittsburgh, Detroit, and the Vacant Property Connection

This past January Pittsburgh was visited by officials from the Flint, Michigan based Center for Land Reform (it was one of 15 cities chosen)

Christopher Wendt May 17, 2010