DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivered his final report on the city's residential blight removal program, marking the near completion of one of his ...

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 ...

Lisa Waud’s ‘Flower House’ (all images by Heather Saunders Photography) DETROIT — Two common themes in the Detroit lexicon: blighted houses, and nature persisting despite architectural ruin. Lisa Waud ...

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 ...

Before the launch of the residential blight removal program in 2014, the Land Bank owned 47,000 abandoned houses across the city.

Toxic chemicals like lead and asbestos are likely in dirt used to backfill demolished structures in city, experts say ...

Mayor Mike Duggan is tying up some loose ends before he leaves office. He’s done a lot to get rid of Detroit’s blight problem, but he says there’s still a long way to go.

New Mayor Mary Sheffield was just sworn in and is looking to build on Detroit's success, but there are also plenty of ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's blight removal program cut abandoned Land Bank homes from 47,000 to under 1,000, boosting property values from $4.2B to $8.8B. I found fame as an ’80s rock star. Now I'm ...