The Board voted to transfer 26 county-owned parcels to the DeKalb Regional Land Bank Authority to position those properties for rehabilitation or redevelopment and to return them to the tax rolls.

County staff said the parcels were drawn from the larger inventory of county-owned properties acquired for tax delinquency, blight remediation, or prior conveyance. The land bank has an asset manager who surveys candidate parcels and identifies sites appropriate for resale, affordable housing, or strategic redevelopment. Staff noted that five of the parcels hold structures; others were vacant and suffering illegal dumping or disrepair.

Under the county’s established agreements with the land bank, sales or rehabilitations that return parcels to the tax rolls can generate revenue for schools and other taxing entities, while a share of administrative receipts supports the land bank’s operations. Commissioners said the transfers advance affordable-housing and nuisance-remediation aims and urged staff to coordinate with the land bank on redevelopment plans.

The motion to convey the parcels to the land bank was approved after staff described the parcels, their districts and the expected benefits of reactivation.