blight

A collective of Atlanta residents intend to launch Blight Forward, a campaign to encourage Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to roll out and fund specific...

Atlanta’s vacant and blighted properties are costing the city between $1.6 million and $2.9 million a year in direct services, according to a report...

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Bill Pulte, chairman of the Detroit Blight Authority and CEO of Pulte Capital Partners, unveiled their plans today for a public-private partnership that will become the cornerstone of the mayor’s next phase of blight removal for the city of Detroit. The pilot site of the newly formed authority is a recently cleared 1...