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City officials lay out changes to tackling code enforcement violations.

Attorney General James awards third round of funding for cities involved in Cities RISE program.

City of St. Joseph plans for demolition of 40 vacant properties in one year, tracking vacant homes using Tolemi’s BuildingBlocks.

Montgomery officials estimate more than 2,000 buildings are vacant.

Telluride Foundation Sparking Development in Opportunity Zones.

Tolemi helping City of Boulder and City of Long Beach through STIR program.

The little, red house at 556 Main St. sits empty and dilapidated. Warped, ravaged steps lead to an overstuffed mailbox and a boarded doorway. Plants grow from the roof, its sheathing moldy and rotten. The failing structure is beset on all sides by refuse — broken beer bottles, discarded clothing and a hypodermic needle litter the ground.

Lancaster Launches Powerful New Technology to Improve Housing Conditions.

St. Joseph launches Building Blocks to track vacant properties.

Niagara Falls will be one of 10 cities and towns across New York to receive funding in the second phase of the state Attorney General’s Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement (Cities RISE) program.

The initiative completes a more than $11 million investment over two years for neighborhood revitalization in cities and towns across New York State. Phase One, announced in June 2017, granted cities and towns a two-year subscription to a data platform designed to integrate and analyze data to strategically address blighted, vacant, or poorly maintained problem properties.

KINGSTON, N.Y. – Since the state announced a $150,000 grant two years ago, the administration of Mayor Steve Noble has taken some steps to do battle with so-called “zombie” properties.

The Mount Vernon Department of Planning and Community Development hosted the City’s Zombie Initiative Kickoff Ceremony Thursday in front of 15 St. Paul’s Place. City officials unveiled a new plan to formally address urban blight with a focus on abandoned, bank-owned homes.

In February, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome formed the Blight Strike Team, a collaboration between community partners and City-Parish individuals with the shared goal of addressing and preventing issues before they threaten neighborhood quality.

What’s been clear: The city of Albany has a lot of vacant buildings. What’s not been clear: Exactly which buildings are vacant, and what’s the actual total number of them.

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