land banks
Property holding institutions
Land banks are public or nonprofit entities that acquire, hold, and manage vacant or abandoned properties—typically to return them to productive use.
They address blight in areas where the private market has failed: The land bank demolished the derelict house and sold the lot to a community garden.
A land bank may also refer to a reserve of undeveloped land held for future use, or historically, institutions that made loans secured by land.
- soil conservationProtecting earth's fertile layer
- vacant lotsUnoccupied land parcels
- urban redevelopmentReconstructing deteriorated metropolitan zones
- infill developmentBuilding on unused urban land
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
acreage · real estate · holdings · parcels · blight · community development · speculation · greenbelt · title · deed · eminent domain · brownfield · rezoning · affordable housing · stewardship · inventory · revitalization · rural development
- nationalized sectorsrailways, postal service, national railway, public utilities, state monopolies
- farm creditfarm credit, farm loans, emergency loans, loan guarantees, credit access
- land policycadastre, cadastral, eminent domain, expropriation, easements
- land reformagrarian reform, enclosure acts, titling, cadastre, title transfer
- housing historyhomesteading, redlining, zoning laws, deed restrictions, housing bubble
- land usezoning ordinances, suburban sprawl, industrial, pastureland, commercial zoning
land bankscash reserves
Accessible money stockpile
money market funds · currency reserves · hedge funds · commercial banks
land, bank, lands, banks, landed, landing, landings, landless, landlord