Land Bank Marks 15th Year with Focus on Housing Shortage - WKBN

Staff with the Mahoning County Land Bank are celebrating the agency’s 15th anniversary in operation.

Directors say they want to emphasize their focus on existing homes in the area. After demolishing roughly 2,000 blighted properties, the agency is looking to put more emphasis on meeting the housing needs of the county — whether that’s new housing or remodeling and renovating existing homes to make them safe, livable and affordable.

“I would rather see that we do things now to care for the stock, the housing stock that we have to improve and lengthen the life of those houses, and to match people up who are looking for those opportunities,” said Deb Flora, with the Mahoning County Land Bank.

The last couple of years, the Landbank has worked with directors of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation to build new affordable houses around the county.

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