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While land contracts can be an alternative route to homeownership for people without access to traditional mortgages, the terms often lead to more community destabilization in areas already weakened by the foreclosure crisis, according to researchers, attorneys, fair housing activists and other officials.

Activists demanding the city take efforts to protect residents from predatory land contracts took to Youngstown City Hall Tuesday to demand action.

The Raymond John Wean Foundation is celebrating 10 years of funding community projects in the Mahoning Valley.

Activists demanding the city take efforts to protect residents from predatory land contracts took to Youngstown City Hall on Tuesday to demand action.

Shannon Stamp, a United Way volunteer at the Youngstown Community School, is about to start her fourth year of helping with the Success After 6 Initiative.