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County land bank gathering properties for reuse

Edward Mauk, chief executive officer at the Butler County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, looks at a map of Butler County in his office on Friday, Jan. 5. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

The Butler County Housing and Redevelopment Authority has more than 30 properties that it wants to be returned to productive use through the land bank program.

After the county commissioners created the land bank and put the authority in charge of it in 2018, the program got bogged down by the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.

Even though the authority has acquired the properties over the last couple years, the program remains in its early stages, said Ed Mauk, chief executive officer of the authority.

The authority can acquire properties for the land bank in several ways, but most have been given to the authority by the former owners or heirs who don’t want the property in exchange for the county exonerating them of delinquent tax liens, said Mark Gordon, county chief of economic development and planning.

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