CERP Vacant Buildings Background: Literature

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Vacant Buildings - Background: Literature

A Guide to Local, State, and National Reports Prepared on Vacant Buildings.

A Detroit News Special Report: Vacant Buildings, Empty Promises (March 23, 2001): This website includes a series of articles dealing with various issues involving vacant buildings.
http://detnews.com/specialreports/2000/vacant/

National Center for Policy Analysis: Cities Begin Considering The Risk Of Vacant Buildings
http://www.ncpa.org/pd/state/pd032000e.html

St. Louis City Public Health Department Report: Understanding Our Needs: A St. Louis City Health Needs Assessment: A section on vacant lots and their health implications is included.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/health/documents.html

Nightmare of Buildings that Stand Empty Haunts Cities," USA Today, (March 20, 2000)
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/

Colorado Enterprise Zone Tax Credit for rehabilitation of vacant buildings
http://www.swcolo.org/Business/rehabfyi.html.