In 2011, the state approved land bank legislation to help communities deal with vacant and abandoned
properties after the housing crisis, but until recently the effort lacked the needed funding.
Not exact matches
The couple is living in a rented
house after lenders foreclosed on a
property they'd borrowed heavily to buy just before the 2008 — 09 financial
crisis.
After the
housing crisis that began in 2007, jobs went away, household incomes went down,
property values went down, and many homeowners became financially unable to stay in their homes.