Land Bank seeking advisory board members

The Land Bank is looking for volunteer 2016 board of advisors members to address the city’s growing number of vacant and abandoned properties. According to the city, members of the advisory board “will offer recommendations for Land Bank ...

City struggles with vacant properties

The Kansas City Land Bank sells properties, but runs in place as new ones from tax sales replace them. In two years of operation, it has closed sales of 158 properties and has 85 more under contract, Land Bank Director Ted Anderson reported ...

KC Land Bank sells properties…but there’s a catch

Currently listed land bank properties. When unloading more than 4,000 parcels of not prime property, there are obvious problems and other problems. The demand for abandoned properties on the east side is weak but even agreed sales can be difficult, ...

Land bank gets new director, seeks advisors

The Land Bank, launched a year ago to help find responsible owners for abandoned and blighted property, has a new director and is looking for community members to join its advisory board. The land bank has an inventory of more than 3,000 properties ...

Abandoned property problem will not end

The city land bank is slowly selling a few of its thousands of vacant and abandoned properties, but the problem will not go away, its director reported Tuesday. David Park, deputy director of Neighborhood and Community Services, told the mayor ...