State of the Land Report: July 2023 Posted on July 27, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates Amendment to the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Law Passes PA State Legislature The amendment to the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Law (MCTLL) was passed by the PA State legislature and signed into law on July 5th, 2023. It grants second class cities (Pittsburgh)…Read More
State of the Land Report: May 2023 Posted on June 1, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates Updates on February 2023 Main Story: MCTLL and TPCA The amendment to the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Law (MCTLL) would grant second class cities (Pittsburgh) the legal right to recycle land through the Sheriff's sale, rather than the Treasurer’s…Read More
State of the Land Report: April 2023 Posted on June 1, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates Bethel AME Church to be reunited with unjustly seized land in the Lower Hill In the 1950s, the newly established Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) marked a large section of the Lower Hill District as “blighted*” despite the presence…Read More
State of the Land Report: March 2023 Posted on March 31, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates City Council Assessing RCOs Role in Facilitating Equitable Neighborhood Development On March 1st, 2023, the Pittsburgh City Council held a Post-Agenda Meeting & Public Hearing on the state of Registered Community Organizations (RCOs). Representatives from the Department of City…Read More
State of the Land Report: February 2023 Posted on March 22, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates Why does the Tri-Party Cooperation Agreement matter for the Pittsburgh Land Bank? The Tri-Party Cooperation Agreement is an intergovernmental agreement that is allowed under the The Pittsburgh Land Bank legislation that was passed back in 2014. The agreement…Read More
State of the Land Report: January 2023 Posted on March 22, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates In Response: Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows In the City of Pittsburgh, we have an estimated 30,000 vacant properties, and around 13,000 are the City of Pittsburgh-owned. Hypervacancy disproportionately…Read More
State of the Land Report: November 2022 Posted on March 22, 2023 by Sophia Smith State of the Land Report The State of the Land Report is our monthly update where we will be educating and sharing out about everything you need to know about vacant land policy in the City of Pittsburgh! State of the Land Updates We were in attendance for Mayor Gainey's Budget Address to City Council this month. He proposed to provide an additional $4 million for the Department of Public Works, stating that those funds will be used to increase staffing…Read More