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 ...

LANSING — The Michigan State Land Bank Authority recently acquired about nine acres of property in Elberta. The purchase marks "a significant milestone in a collaborative effort to enhance the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The newly formed Grand Rapids Land Bank is focusing on affordable housing as it looks for ways to use many vacant properties in the city. Sarah Rainero, the economic ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids city leaders now have a new tool in their pocket to transform abandoned and deteriorated properties across the city into affordable housing and other community spaces.

Detroit — The Detroit Land Bank Authority is fighting for its independence amid calls for some of its operations to be brought under city control and lingering questions about whether it should ...

Detroit is running out of abandoned homes. Over the past decade, thousands of abandoned homes have been salvaged and rehabilitated, providing Detroiters access to affordable housing options. While the ...

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to show the property was formerly owned by the Houghton County Land Bank and was not a former bank. An old Upper Peninsula land bank property, vacant for ...

The Detroit Land Bank Authority has for years been auctioning off long dilapidated buildings for next to nothing in an effort to revamp the city’s housing stock and revitalize communities. Own-It-Now, ...

The City of Marshall was founded in 1830 by two brothers from upstate New York who dreamt of building a big, bustling city halfway between Detroit and Chicago. Muskegon sandwich shop owner speaks out ...