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Ex-Cook County Land Bank Authority official gets a year in prison over secret land deals

Mustafaa Saleh admitted he secretly bought county-owned homes and resold them for a profit. He was convicted of fraud involving the county agency.

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Vacant houses in Englewood are priced as low as $5,000 to provide ‘equity’ to potential homebuyers

Vacant houses in Englewood are priced as low as $5,000 to provide ‘equity’ to potential homebuyers

The Cook County Land Bank Authority is piloting a program to make homeownership more attainable in Englewood, where the majority of the organization’s vacant homes are located.

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Former Cook County Land Bank Authority worker pleads guilty to property scam

Former Cook County Land Bank Authority worker pleads guilty to property scam

Federal prosecutors charged Mustafaa Saleh in November with wire fraud for the scheme involving the Cook County Land Bank Authority. The agency’s board is led by Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer.

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Cook County Land Bank Authority to hire lawyer for beleaguered county agency

The move comes as an outside review by a former judge, Patricia Brown Holmes, wrapped up, and the agency hires its third leader since June 2021.

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Former Cook County Land Bank Authority worker charged with property scam

The charges come more than a year after a federal grand jury subpoenaed the agency in May 2021 seeking records on Mustafaa Saleh and two dozen properties the land bank obtained and sold.

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Chicago Architecture Center names Eleanor Gorski CEO

The longtime city planner moves over from the Cook County Land Bank Authority.

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Another insider deal at beleaguered Cook County agency

After being subpoenaed by the feds about its land dealings, the Cook County Land Bank Authority, led by County Commissioner Bridger Gainer, decided it needed a lawyer. It hired one who lives with Gainer’s then-top aide Kara Highfill.

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Cook County rescued popular restaurant from tax sale, then hosted an event there

Cook County rescued popular restaurant from tax sale, then hosted an event there

The Cook County Land Bank Authority is barred from putting in a claim on occupied property, but it did so for Josephine’s Cooking and held onto it as the restaurant kept operating and its unpaid taxes kept piling up.

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Black developers to build 3-flats in a single Woodlawn block, replacing 11 vacant lots

Black developers to build 3-flats in a single Woodlawn block, replacing 11 vacant lots

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appeared at the ground-breaking to show her support, speaking candidly about how South and West Side neighborhoods have suffered from “racist disinvestment for generations” as predominantly white neighborhoods in Chicago have received the “lion share of…

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Taxing times for popular South Side restaurant eased by county agency

Taxing times for popular South Side restaurant eased by county agency

Josephine’s Cooking in Chatham hasn’t paid its property taxes in 12 years. Thanks to the actions of the Cook County Land Bank Authority, it’s avoided losing the property through a tax sale.

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