Abandoned houses on the street. Frank Olito/ Insider He explained that he's lived on this block, which has a few abandoned, boarded-up houses, for 50 years and watched as people left the neighborhood.

Under the Board Up Brigades program, Roach said 9,000 abandoned houses were either rehabilitated or razed, leaving 16,000 vacant dwellings in the city — many of them with wide-open entranceways.

The popular Detroit-based renovation show wasn't renewed and co-host Shea Hicks-Whitfield says she is sorry to see it go.

I bought 2 abandoned homes in Detroit for $3,300 and spent over $100,000 renovating them—take a look inside By Celia Fernandez,CNBC • Published November 5, 2024 • Updated on November 5, 2024 ...

And as if two properties weren't enough, Orr bought a third on the north side of his original abandoned home for just $100. "There was a house on the lot, but it had caught fire, and the city of ...

Detroit — When Anthony Smith complained about 20 abandoned, crumbling houses on his east side block three years ago, city officials pledged they would address the problems. But the conditions ...

DETROIT (AP) — An abandoned multifamily building in southwest Detroit is being renovated into a dozen modern housing units as part of Mayor Mike Duggan’s plan to improve city neighborhoods.

Detroit Detroit aims to fix, demolish or board up 22,000 abandoned homes by end of 2019 Published: Mar. 07, 2018, 12:00 p.m.

While the program is still under federal investigation, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said the city will speed up its demolition to the tune of 10,000 abandoned houses in the next two years.