The Genesee County Land Bank demolished 675 more abandoned houses in 2025 as part of a $57 million project spread across ...

Warren — Two Michigan cities are looking to create their own land banks, a tool proponents say helps cities convert vacant or deteriorating properties into affordable housing, community gardens or ...

A bill to allow four cities in Southeast Michigan and three in West Michigan to form local land banks is headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk. The bill — with local approval — would allow land banks ...

The land bank is granted unique powers under state law, allowing it to clear titles quickly, eliminate liens and past claims and hold property without paying taxes.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids is now the second city in Michigan to form its own land bank, highlighting the need to accelerate local development opportunities. Tuesday, the Grand Rapids City ...

Warren is one step closer to creating an authority that would work to rehabilitate or sell hundreds of blighted properties in the city, but the city's mayor has to sign off on it and she said she is ...

Detroit is the only Michigan city currently authorized to have a local land bank authority. But seven cities across the state could soon join the list under a bill signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last ...

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - The Genesee County Land Bank marked two decades of work in revitalizing vacant and underused property in 2024. The agency is Michigan's first land bank, originally ...

for the development of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds. “This represents another in a series of positive moves forward for Detroit,” said Gov. Rick Snyder. “The state is committed to working ...