flint blight

City leaders this week unveiled plans for police to step up traffic spots, accelerate blight elimination and expand youth activities.

The city of Flint is launching a coordinated campaign to attack blight.Mayor Sheldon Neeley says illegal dumping is a prime target.“We’re not the garbage…

An effort is underway to improve property values in some Flint neighborhoods.Driving through Flint’s north side, it’s not uncommon to see nicely kept…

Demolition work will soon begin at a long-abandoned trailer park in Flint.Shady Acres closed in 2015. But the 20-acre park is overgrown, and overwhelmed…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A federal watchdog agency plans to conduct an audit of $25.5 million in demolition costs in Flint related to the federal Hardest Hit…

Michigan may soon apply for tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to tear down blighted homes.Michigan U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary…

The Obama administration is letting Michigan divert almost $33 million from foreclosure prevention to demolition projects.Detroit and Flint will benefit…

Hundreds of teenagers fanned out across Flint today to help clean up the city. Many hope by doing so they can also help clean up the city’s battered…

Along the mix of downtown buildings and neighborhoods filled with small single family homes, the city of Flint also has its share of mobile home parks.…

A major blight elimination program is winding down in Flint.Around 1700 dilapidated homes have been torn down during the past few years. The program is…