The long-term plan is to convey the base to city ownership.

The fourth approach involves city ownership and management.

In 1865 the business came under city ownership.

The buildings came under city ownership after their owners had defaulted on taxes.

Often during the period before city ownership, drug dealers take over the buildings abandoned by the owners.

Had the new partners not stepped into the picture, the probable outcome would have been city ownership.

The property was transferred to city ownership in 1996 for a nominal $1 fee.

All this holds down but does not eliminate completely the number of buildings coming into city ownership.

That will exceed, by 1,500, the number of units expected to come into city ownership in future tax actions.

Because of the city ownership, applicants for housing at that site had to be city residents, she said.