Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The steps remain but the house is gone at 3443 Jefferson St., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in the Valentine neighborhood of Kansas ...

NORFOLK, Va. - The City of Norfolk will hold an auction allowing neighbors, developers, builders and investors to purchase and redevelop vacant residential lots around the city. The Vacant Property ...

The city of Independence is hoping that if they rebuild the vacant Noland Fashion Square, people will come. Tri-Land ...

RENTON, Wash. — A vacant property in Renton is becoming a hotspot for illegal activity, according to neighbors, raising concerns for those who live and work nearby. "Right now, we have our own tourist ...

It’s been almost two years since a three-alarm fire nearly burned an entire downtown city block in Mobile. The September 2023 blaze began inside an abandoned, two-story brick building less than one ...

Brian Reneski moving the trash cans at his house door in Etna on July 23, 2025. The Reneski family acquired this property through the Allegheny County Vacant Property Recovery Program in 2020. In a ...

Kansas City seeks broader vacant property oversight to curb blight.

Corpus Christi City Council discusses requiring owners to register vacant buildings after 30 days. Program could generate $400,000 annually for understaffed code enforcement. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — ...

In an effort to reduce and prevent neighborhood and commercial blight, Springfield city commissioners are expected to revise rules for the city’s Vacant Property Registry. The Vacant Property Registry ...

The City Council’s Housing Committee discussed an award that has been applied for to help renovate local vacant rental homes in the city. Crystal Surdyk, city development director, discusses the ...

A long-running program to clean up vacant lots in Philadelphia neighborhoods resulted in increased property values for homes within 1,000 feet of those formerly unkempt lots, according to research ...