Chattanooga has had a land bank, meant to donate city-owned properties to developers who promise to build lower-cost housing, for a decade.
Last year, city officials announced they would seek proposals for a set of parcels in the land bank with hopes of distributing them at the start of this year.
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Now, the first project using a piece of property from the land bank is in the works.