In a little more than a decade, Detroit leaders figured out how to quickly take control of tens of thousands of abandoned, ...

Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership President and CEO Lori Melancon said laws already exist to speed up condemnations in ...

WARREN, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A church in Warren that also serves as a food pantry has been cited for blight and public health issues by the city's property maintenance department. On Wednesday, the ...

Edwards said he’s learned about what Detroit is doing in blight remediation and how it got out of bankruptcy. Addressing ...

DETROIT – Detroit Blight Busters, a well-known local group dedicated to helping neighbors remove blight and trash from their streets, is kicking off a significant community clean-up project this week.

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 ...