The Louisville Landbank Authority is selling several vacant properties for $1 as part of its "Landbank-A-Rama" campaign.

The campaign seeks to revitalize properties, improve neighborhood safety and broaden the local tax base.

Some community members have voiced concerns that, despite the price tag, the homes remain out of reach to west Louisville residents.

Louisville Metro Government wants to breathe new life into several vacant, dilapidated houses, and it's taking an eye-catching approach to do so: Selling them to buyers for $1.

Through an initiative dubbed the "Landbank-A-Rama," the city's Landbank Authority is advertising a collection of properties in hopes of restoring them to productive use. The initiative includes open houses that began Aug. 26 for properties in several west L

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