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Juan-Pablo Velez edited this page Nov 17, 2013 · 23 revisions

Parts of Cook County have long struggled with vacancy and abandonment, but the recent foreclosure crisis spread these problems into areas which had previously experienced relative stability. Many of the properties that went into foreclosure ended up becoming vacant because the residents would abandon the property long before the foreclosure process was completed. These abandoned homes can lower property values, serve as magnets for crime and decay, and reduce tax revenues.

The Cook County Land Bank Authority (CCLBA) was created in January 2013 with the goal of returning these properties to productive use. The agency won't have the resources to invest in every property, and the appropriate policy strategies from community to community.

Our purpose was to create a web tool to view and understand Cook County's property data, and to analyze it in order to help the CCLBA develop its policy strategies.

This wiki explains the issues associated with abandoned property in Cook County and the tool we built to help the CCLBA tackle this problem.

  • The Problem: vacant and abandoned buildings
  • Data: Cook County property data
  • Analysis: community indicators
  • Web app: making this data useful for the land bank
  • API: serving property data to power the app
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