Press Coverage


The campaign led by city activists to end predatory land contracts took a small step forward Monday night during a meeting of Youngstown’s Housing, Community and Economic Development committee.

The first reading of the legislation is slated for the beginning of January.

Youngstown council's community planning and economic development committee met with concerned citizens to consider legislation to address predatory land contracts on Monday.

A group of West Side residents hopeful that a house they consider a nuisance would transfer into possession of the Mahoning County Land Bank saw its hopes dashed after a last-minute redemption kept the property in the hands of its current owners.

LaJuanna Williams' little girl, Andrea, loved the house near the corner of Elgin Avenue on Cleveland’s east side.