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Ten years ago, it was a banking crisis, but it became a political one. That crisis never ended.

Housing blight — concentrated areas of vacant properties — is harming communities across the country and posing a risk to the financial system. But governments seem powerless to turn it around. We're finding out why. A special 10-part podcast series by American Banker.

October 3-4, 2022 | Nashville, TN
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After blue collar jobs move out, crime often rushes in to take its place. That makes efforts to turn around housing that much harder.

Small towns across the country struggle with vacant housing as much as cities, even though some of those places have plenty of jobs. Geography and a declining population are forcing many rural communities to make hard choices.

The crisis in affordable housing has its roots in the high cost of building entry-level single-family homes. But why does it cost so much to build a house? And what did previous generations do to build affordable housing?

Can community land trusts and Community Reinvestment Act reform fuel investment to stop urban blight?

There are ways to fix vacant housing. So why can't we manage to do it?

A multimillion-dollar deal between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Stephen Calk was supposed to deliver 400 new jobs to the city. Here’s what really happened.

Most banks have an array of charitable endeavors designed to get workers involved. But the ones on our Best Banks list have built an emotional connection with employees