Khalil AlHajal

The Detroit Blight Authority on Thursday released aerial photos displaying the difference made by a pilot project that demolished vacant structures and cleared debris in a 10-block area.

The federal government in 2013 told Michigan it could spend $100 million in foreclosure prevention funds on demolishing abandoned houses, and there have been two more rounds of similar allocations since, allowing the cities that split the money to tear away at blight, one of the most damaging and lo…

Back in 2013, the city announced a plan to shut down 50 parks during a low-point of its financial crisis. Three years later, an announcement of an opposite nature.