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House passes bill letting municipalities of any size form land banks to combat blight
Summary
The Pennsylvania House on March 24 passed House Bill 369 to let municipalities of any population establish land banks; sponsor said the bill excludes eminent domain powers and has wide local government support. Final vote: yeas 162, nays 40.
Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on March 24, 2025, passed House Bill 369, which would allow municipalities of any population size to establish land banks on a voluntary basis to acquire and return vacant or blighted properties to productive use.
Representative Freeman, the House Republican majority chairman of the Local Government Committee, told the chamber that the bill removes the current population threshold that limits land-bank creation to municipalities of 10,000 people or more. Freeman said the change would "afford[] to all communities the opportunity" to use…
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