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Wayne County is currently in the midst of the largest municipal property auction in United States history.Some 30,000 properties are on the auction block,…

An annual design and urbanism symposium begins tonight in Detroit. The focus of Culture Lab Detroit is to look at the city's 23 square miles of vacant…

The Next Idea In Detroit we have a real chance to do things with our land that no other major city in the world has ever done. From growing food and…

Still less than a year out of its historic bankruptcy, Detroit’s successes and failures continue to make headlines.The city may have shed most of its…

Detroit's mayor wants to let neighborhoods put some of their vacant land to use."For recreation purposes, for gardening, for off-street parking, or…

More Detroiters living next to vacant lots will get a chance to buy them.The city is ramping up a program to sell “side lots” to neighboring homeowners…

A Detroit developer who just bought a massive chunk of city land says he wants to help community groups revitalize their own neighborhoods.Herb Strather…

The city of Detroit says it’s sold $1 million dollars worth of vacant homes that will be fixed up and occupied. Nearly 70 auctioned properties have been…

The Detroit Blight Authority is turning its attention to Oakland County.The non-profit group has started working with the city of Pontiac, which has more…

The Detroit City Council has agreed to transfer more than 16,000 city owned properties to Detroit’s land bank authority.The transfer allows Mayor Mike…