A land bank is a public authority created to hold, manage, and develop tax delinquent, vacant, and dilapidated and other properties.-foreclosed property. Land banks act as a legal and financial mechanism to transform vacant, abandoned, and tax-foreclosed property back to a productive use. In addition, a land bank is a powerful locational incentive that, which encourages redevelopment in distressed, blighted communities that generally have little available land  Metro Atlanta Land Bank revitalizes blighted neighborhoods with direct reinvestment back into the Atlanta and Fulton County neighborhoods to support their long-term growth.