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Grand Rapids reviving policy on tax-foreclosed properties
The new version is expected to bring county land bank into the picture.
The city of Grand Rapids is rewriting its policy of how to handle tax-foreclosed properties, which are usually residences.
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KCLBA views local banks as vital to its operation
Land bank feels lenders have responded positively to its mission.
Kent County Land Bank Authority Executive Director Dave Allen said the response his fledgling agency has received so far from the local banking community has been extremely positive.
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Land bank claims tax auction sales don’t increase value
Slightly more than 300 properties make tax-foreclosure list.
A new analysis by the Kent County Land Bank Authority reveals that tax-foreclosed properties in Grand Rapids, including those sold at the annual public auction, have lost property value at nearly three times the rate of non-foreclosed properties.
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Taxpayers group wants land bank restrained even further
The Kent County Taxpayers Association feels a recent vote by Kent County commissioners not to sell tax-foreclosed properties to the Kent County Land Bank Authority prior to the annual auction was a step in the right direction.
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Land bank may have to change direction
Following county decision, its future lies with cities and townships.
At a six-hour retreat held last month, Kent County Land Bank Authority board members listed 10 priorities that would form the underlying factors of the organization’s three-year strategic plan, which they’re in the process of putting together.
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County stops property sales to land bank
One Grand Rapids commissioner hopes city will work closely with county agency.
Despite a circuit court ruling in the board’s favor, Kent County commissioners decided last week not to sell tax-foreclosed properties to the Kent County Land Bank Authority prior to the annual auction as they did last July.
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City approves agreement with land bank
County agency to keep an eye on foreclosed properties.
Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell called the proposed partnership an interesting one and a sign of continuing cooperation among local governments.
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Land bank’s impact more than original estimate
Local agency posts impressive economic gains in first year.
The year’s final tally showed the Kent County Land Bank Authority’s local economic impact was much higher in 2012 than the initial estimate it made three months ago.
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Group appeals ruling on Kent County sale of foreclosed properties
A group of residential developers and property managers have appealed a recent ruling made by 17th Circuit Court Judge George Buth that dismissed their suit against Kent County, the County Land Bank Authority and County Treasurer Kenneth Parrish.
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Land bank to reply to harsh criticism
At their last meeting, members of the Kent County Land Bank Authority talked about how to respond to what they consider to be unfounded and inaccurate attacks aimed at them and county commissioners, and whether to continue to develop a three-year strategic plan or wait until a county panel files its report next spring.
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