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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | June 1, 2015 04:54 PM |
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| From: | Representative Kevin J. Schreiber |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Amendment to the PA Land Bank Enabling Legislation |
| In the near future, I plan to introduce an amendment to Act 153 of 2012 (Land Banks). My proposed legislation would create a grant program within the Department of Community and Economic Development to assist municipalities with the demolition of blighted buildings. In January 2013, Pennsylvania enacted land bank enabling legislation, allowing local governments in the Commonwealth to establish land banks as a new tool to address vacant, blighted and tax delinquent properties. Building upon earlier models in other states, Pennsylvania put in place one of the most thoughtful formats for local land banks to act with goals and administrative structures that specifically address the scope and causes of blight. Land banks are one of the tools our core urban communities may now use to facilitate the return of those properties to productive use. While Pennsylvania proudly joins some of the top land bank operations in the country, where our enabling legislation fell woefully short, as opposed to other state examples, is identifying innovative and flexible funding streams to support the operations of these authorities. To address this issue, my legislation would:
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