Detroit is running out of abandoned homes. Over the past decade, thousands of abandoned homes have been salvaged and rehabilitated, providing Detroiters access to affordable housing options. While the ...
Detroit has demolished roughly 27,000 vacant homes since 2012. Credit: Steve Neavling Detroit has demolished roughly 27,000 abandoned houses and sold another 19,000 formerly vacant homes since Mayor ...
Before the launch of the residential blight removal program in 2014, the Land Bank owned 47,000 abandoned houses across the city.
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