"Homes in this neighborhood go for between $400,000 to $600,000 now, and we've spent much more than that on this renovation," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's blight removal program cut abandoned Land Bank homes from 47,000 to under 1,000, boosting property ...

A look at the abandoned $1 homes in Detroit. Are these properties a good investment or a trap?

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 – The sun was shining, the table was set and here came the wasps trying to spoil it all. “I feel so bad,” Kesha Rand said apologetically to her guests as they swatted the air with their hands.

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