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Shelby County launches "Building Homes" pilot to convey public lots to developers, with safeguards
Summary
The county's Planning & Development division will soft-launch an online "Building Homes" portal allowing developers to apply for conveyance of land-bank parcels at no cost. The pilot includes staged rollouts, 1-year single-family build timetables, templates and quarterly reporting; officials flagged that ~200 land-bank parcels are being held for larger small-area planning.
Shelby County announced a pilot program designed to activate publicly owned lots and accelerate housing production in neighborhoods with long inventories of underused property.
Under the "Building Homes" pilot, the Planning & Development Department will publish an online portal where developers can apply to acquire selected buildable land-bank parcels at no cost. Applicants must supply development plans, financing and an execution timeline; the county will score requests and bring recommended transfers to the…
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