Genesee County Land Bank

The City of Flint and the Genesee County Land Bank are partnering in releasing Beyond Blight 2022, which provides direction for eliminating blight in Flint. Watch the video in this post for an overview or click here to view Beyond Blight 2022 in full.

Partners in Progress: The Community Speaks, the Land Bank's Second Annual Virtual State of the Land Bank address to learn more about our successes from the year.

Watch our October episode of Lunch Break with the Land Bank virtual talk as we discuss our newest sales program, Ready for Rehab! We will review the appropriate steps needed to submit a completed offer form.

Presenters: Alexandria Riley, Sales & Development Director & Jennifer Riggs, Transaction Supervisor

Watch our September episode of Lunch Break with the Land Bank to learn more about our community partnerships and the impact of our property maintenance work.

Presenter: Michael Freeman, Executive Director

Watch our August episode of Lunch Break with the Land Bank to learn more about how to purchase “poor” and “substandard” conditioned properties from the Land Bank. We are proud to partner with stakeholders who are restoring vacant properties throughout Genesee County.

Lunch Break with the Land Bank virtual talk was aired on Thursday, July, 1st on Facebook live.

Presenter: Alexandria Riley, Sales & Development Director

Discussion on the policies and processes of our Featured Homes Program.

Update from the Genesee County Land Bank Executive Director, Michael Freeman

Update from Alexandria Riley, Sales & Development Director

Our first ever State of the Land Bank address was streamed live on December 17, 2020. The video was viewed by more than 11.5K people! If you have not seen it yet, click on the link below to learn more about the Genesee County Land Bank from Congressman Dan Kildee, Board Chair Deb Cherry, Executive Director Michael Freeman and Raynetta Speed, Community Relations Manager.

Some Flint area neighborhoods are in line to get a little spring cleaning.

Thursday, the Genesee County Land Bank kicked off its Clean & Green program

Sixty acres of pavement is all that remains where the lumber, carriage and auto industry flourished, and where the 1936-37 Flint sit down strike against General Motors changed the course of history. With the factories gone, people in Flint decided it's time to do something new here and to recognize that history.

More than 200 houses in a historic Flint neighborhood will be demolished over the next few months.

Genesee County and Flint city leaders say Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds are stabilizing the housing market.

The Neighborhood Stabilization Program has made it possible to demolish hundreds of blighted homes, and rehabilitate dozens of others.

It's hard to ignore the ailing façade in parts of the Vehicle City - sagging rooftops, boarded-up windows, the overgrowth of once-pruned trees along blocks of dilapidated homes.

One look at the craftsman-style mantle and the rich hardwood floors, it's hard to believe the home at 841 E. Ninth St. as once a neighborhood eyesore.

 The Genesee County Land Bank is working to clean up the Flint area by renovating homes and knocking down blight.

We just closed 4 of our new NSP homes THIS WEEK! Chad was the last to sign, and is excited to move in to his new home in Flint's Historic Carriage Town.

A newly renovated house for sale for far less than what was spent to fix it up. The Genesee County Land Bank has five, that were just completed, on display during Saturday's Fall Homes Tour in Flint's Mott Park neighborhood.