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'My house is unsellable': This Pennsylvania woman bought cheap land from the state for $15,000 — but didn't know a previous owner sold it due to a landslide, report says

In 2006, Donna Schwartzbauer spent $15,000 on what she thought was a nice plot of land in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh. She decided to build a house on it and make it her ...
WHYY

‘Not a farmer’: Senate candidate David McCormick receives tax breaks for property in Columbia County

A state law was designed to help farmers keep their land amid rising property values. Why is David McCormick who himself says “is not a farmer,” benefitting? Property owned by Frosty Valley Farms, LLC ...
WFMZ-TV

Pa. purchases development rights for farms, including in Lehigh Valley, aims to protect land from future residential, commercial development

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is investing nearly $12 million to purchase development rights for 3,187 acres on 29 farms, including in the Lehigh Valley and other parts of our area. The farms will be ...