DETROIT – Stanley Allen mowed the lawn at a vacant house next to his Detroit home as teams of police and city workers scoured nearby empty houses as part of an investigation into a suspected ...

A 120-acre former golf course in northwest Detroit is getting new life as a nature park with trails, while part of the ...

Detroit — Eric Robinson remembers the Rogell Golf Course as a peaceful place of recreation when he was growing up in his ...

Moody's Investment Services gave Detroit another credit rating boost, marking 11 consecutive years of upgrades ...

The organization, founded in 2008, offers residents of Detroit, Michigan the opportunity to buy vacant, abandoned, or deteriorated houses and land at auction. Orr submitted a bid and won a three ...

Detroit — Mayor Mike Duggan deployed "board-up brigades" five years ago to secure the city's vacant houses, but the plywood has since been removed from thousands of the dwellings, providing ...

Evan Bynum, who hosts the HGTV restoration show with his real-life partner, Evan Thomas, says the last six months have been ...

In 2022, the number of Detroit homes that were rehabilitated exceeded the number torn down. ... the end of abandoned houses in Detroit is within our grasp," Mayor Mike Duggan said.

DETROIT — Vacant homes were once one of the largest obstacles that stood between Detroit and a safer city. Tens of thousands of empty houses invited danger around nearly every corner.

Six years ago, Detroit was reported to have at least 30,000 empty houses and 20 square miles of vacant land. More than 18,000 vacant structures have been demolished since 2014.

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 ...