The Second Chance Market: How A Once Start-Up Receivership Program is Helping Rebuild the City of Baltimore

By Fadi Assaf  In a crowded room at a Radisson Inn in North Baltimore, an auctioneer stands in front of a podium and waits for…

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“In The Absence” Pigeon Roost Filmmakers Discuss Blight & ‘Shadow Investors’

Mark Fleischer: Benjamin Rednour and Jordan Danelz of Pigeon Roost films (pigeonroost.co) have been for the last couple years working with Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. on…

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Legal Tools for Assuring the Quality of Residential Rental Properties

Affordable, quality housing is a basic human need. But access to such housing eludes many families in Memphis and other American communities.   Even where affordable housing…

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Top 10 Code Violators Map | EXPLAINED

WHOThe Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team is comprised of 30+ non-profits, governmental, and private organizations committed to eliminating the high concentration of blighted properties in…

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Amended NPA Is A Game-Changer In Reclaiming Vacant Structures

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW CORNER By Steve Barlow & Danny Schaffzin In 2018, the Tennessee Legislature passed amendments to the Tennessee Neighborhood Preservation Act (NPA), found…

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