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Nation Outside is teaming up with the Genesee County Sheriff’s office to launch a pilot program to encourage landlords to rent to former inmates, with assurances for rent and security deposit.

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…

The site of a formerly run-down apartment complex on Flint’s north side may soon become a mixed-residential development.This week, the Genesee County Land…

A Genesee County Land Bank official resigned today, a day after a tape surfaced of him using a racial epithet to describe Flint residents.Before 9 a.m., a…

A program to mow and maintain vacant lots is having a side effect in Flint: lower crime rates in those neighborhoods, including assaults, burglaries and…

A long-empty north Flint apartment complex is being demolished.The Genesee County Land Bank is spending $1.7 million to raze the 13-building complex.Shawn…

Genesee County has set aside $1 million to demolish blighted tax-foreclosed properties in the out-county area.The city of Flint, which is the county seat,…

A plan to shrink the size of the Carriage Town historic district in Flint is running into opposition from people who live in the neighborhood.Carriage…

A place where General Motors built cars for nearly century may later this year begin transforming into a city park in Flint.The last building was torn…