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Council hears testimony and withdraws public‑hearing request for Land Bank intergovernmental cooperation agreement
Summary
Council heard testimony on an intergovernmental cooperation agreement that would allow the Pittsburgh Land Bank to work more effectively with the city, county and school district to place tax‑delinquent and vacant properties into redevelopment pipelines.
City council members and invited guests spent substantial time Wednesday discussing an intergovernmental cooperation agreement (ICA) to formalize working procedures between the Pittsburgh Land Bank, the city, Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Public School District. The ICA is intended to clarify steps for using sheriff’s‑sale procedures, priority‑bid authority and other workflows that help the land bank return vacant and tax‑delinquent properties to productive reuse.
What the ICA does
Under state law a land bank may use sheriff’s‑sale processes only when the taxing bodies agree on the procedure; the agreement before council lays out notices, priority‑bid processes and the flow of properties from public inventory to the land bank and then to developers or community recipients. Supporters said the ICA will allow earlier intervention on abandoned properties (before years of tax delinquency…
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