blight reduction

The City of Flint has signed a deal with the Genesee County Land Bank and Center for Community Progress to help with blight elimination. According to MLive, the emergency manager signed off on the partnership on November 6th.  The agreement will allow the two groups to support the implementation of a Blight Elimination framework that has been developed by the city and was released in draft from in

Today marks the beginning of the largest residential blight removal program in our state’s history. Five communities in Michigan – including Flint and Saginaw – will see $100 million in federal investments to demolish thousands of abandoned houses that cannot be rehabilitated and that have undermined the quality of life for people who live nearby. Since I was e...

Governor Rick Snyder has announced the distribution of $100 million in federal funds to help fight blight in five cities across the state. Flint, Detroit, Pontiac, Saginaw and Grand Rapids will split the money to fund large-scale projects to stabilize neighborhoods, preserve property values and fight crime according to a statement from the Governor's office...

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) will hold a press conference in Flint on Friday at an abandoned motel to highlight the need for the Revitalize America Act. The Revitalize America Act, H.R. 1550, was the first piece of legislation introduced by Kildee...

Genesee County will receive nearly $4 million as part of a statewide blight elimination project according to State Representative Joe Graves. A total of 34 municipal, township and counties entities throughout the state will share in $15 million in funding to help eliminate blight in their communities...

Senator Virgil Smith (D-Detroit) praised passage of a package of bills that would give cities more power to fight blight occurring in their neighborhoods. The five-bill package had the bipartisan sponsorship from Senators Smith, Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge), Tonya Schuitmaker (R-Lawton), Tupac A...