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Affordable housing gets $7.5m boost in new Macon-Bibb loan program

Affordable housing gets $7.5m boost in new Macon-Bibb loan program

County Commissioners support the plan to use federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for a new loan program
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 11, 2023
Philip Tutt, 83, has been fighting for years to have vacant homes torn down on Bowden Street. He had hopes a $500,000 grant would make improvements in his neighborhood, but the project wilted on the vine.

$500K for 12 planters shows failure risk of community gardens

Macon-Bibb Land Bank Authority now has a 'right of reversion' to reclaim property if new owner defaults on plans
November 22, 2021
Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner Wade McCord briefs nearly 100 people who gathered at the courthouse steps for April's auction of tax delinquent properties.

Bargain houses help recoup taxes with Macon-Bibb’s new process

Tax Commissioner and Land Bank get homes back on tax rolls, ease blight through creative tax sales
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 23, 2021
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