Research on business of vacant house measures in the United States of America
About Flint, Michigan and Youngstown, Ohio
2010 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 27-30
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2010 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 27-30
The American total population continues increasing, but there are some cities where population is decreasing, and there are some places performing an original policy to deal with problems such as the increase of the vacant houses. This research investigated cities that have original policy. We visited two cities; Flint, Michigan and Youngstown, Ohio in U.S.A. 1) In Flint, they have a policy to be called [Land Bank]. Before the property whose owner cannot pay property tax passes to the hand of real estate speculators, Land Bank tries to own it. Because Land Bank manages vacant houses, control of the abandoned places is enabled. 2) In Youngstown, they have a master plan to be called [Youngstown 2010]. It is a reduction type city planning, and it is being tried to carry out.
