County Land Bank Makes Changes To Demolition Policy By: Dennis Phillips, Post-Journal
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 at 9:13 AM
On Wednesday, the county Land Bank board passed a resolution changing its policy for the 50/50 match for demolitions with municipalities from per property. Mark Geise, county Land Bank executive director, said the change was made because the money it received from the Office of Attorney General can only be used for demolitions on properties owned by the Land Bank, the county or a municipality. It cannot use the money to demolish homes that are still privately owned.
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