“The Greater Syracuse Land Bank is once again a top earner of grant funding from the office of the New York state attorney general. The funding is awarded from mortgage settlements the attorney general’s office made with big banks after the housing crisis. Land banks acquire tax delinquent properties so… Read more »
“The land bank is among 19 statewide that received more than $20 million in funding, but it was one of just two that got the full $2 million available. The land bank has now received more than $5 million total from the AG’s grant, called the Land Bank Community Revitalization… Read more »
“The Syracuse Land Bank, which owns 800 vacant properties, will be putting kids’ art in the windows of rundown houses they walk by daily on their way to school.” A vacant home owned by the Syracuse Land Bank at 301 Loomis Ave. will have its window boards painted by local… Read more »
This article tells the story of several families who have purchased Land Bank homes over the past few years – some directly from the Land Bank and others fixed up with grant funds by Home HeadQuarters.
The Greater Syracuse Land Bank plans to partner with the Town of Dewitt to acquire “zombie properties” in order to return them to productive use.