Government Trends & Technology Blog

City of Trenton to Auction 50 Properties to Homebuyers

Trenton partners with Hoboken-based software company, GovPilot to host online property auction in effort to reduce blight and...


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Tags: Constituent Engagement, Events, Vacant Property Management, Digital Transformation, Press Release

The Last House on the Lien: How GovPilot Can Help Towns Haunted by Vacant Houses

You arrive at the house filled with dread. The front yard is a sea of tall, dry, yellow, blades of grass that sway back and forth...


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Tags: Vacant Property Management, Blog

The Link between Zika and Property Blight

With mosquito season right around the corner and a cure for the Zika virus a decade away, by expert estimates, local governments...


(2 min read )

Tags: News, Vacant Property Management

Growth
By Alannah Dragonetti On May 12, 2017

Growth

Last week’s Earth Day-themed blog post touched upon the concept of the community garden: a public plot of land maintained by...


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Tags: Vacant Property Management, Flashback Friday

Grey Gardens in Bloom
By Alannah Dragonetti On February 15, 2017

Grey Gardens in Bloom

It’s the subject of a classic 1976 documentary, the setting of an HBO movie starring Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore and the...


(4 min read )

Tags: News, Vacant Property Management, Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday: How the South Bronx Went from Devastation to Destination

Today’s proliferation of vacant properties is attributed to the 2008 housing bubble collapse, but property abandonment has...


(6 min read )

Tags: Vacant Property Management, Government Efficiency, Flashback Friday

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