There is a surprisingly large collection of abandoned places in Ohio: buildings, homes, and entire towns. Over the years, we have covered several of them. Many have been reclaimed by nature and some ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A woman’s body was found in the rubble of an abandoned, burned down home in Toledo’s Old South End. Residents there have been trying to eliminate blight and vacant properties for ...

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.

The 19-year-old creates "safe space" for North Carolina teens. Chris Suggs, a lifelong resident of Kinston, North Carolina, is hard at work on his upcoming project: building a local community center ...

This Kansas City neighborhood east of downtown had a reputation for crime and blight. But a broad effort to improve the local ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — These seven abandoned and dilapidated buildings are now in the process of being demolished by the city of Scranton. It's a city initiative using federal grants to remove blight in ...

For Andre Williams, of Trenton, restoring 10 abandoned and boarded-up houses on Chambers Street is personal. “I used to live in one of those houses many years ago with cousins while I was in high ...

The Landbank Authority's "Save Our Structures" program sells vacant and abandoned properties for $1 to eligible buyers who commit to redevelopment. The program is tailored to prioritize buyers whose ...

Detroit has demolished roughly 27,000 abandoned houses and sold another 19,000 formerly vacant homes since Mayor Mike Duggan ...