Articles tagged: Blight
Demolition of Liberty Square townhome complex to begin within 3 weeks
Posted: May 14, 2013The end of the abandoned, decaying Liberty Square townhome complex is near. Read more »
Ann Arbor moving ahead with demolition of 6 houses on North Main using its own blight fund
Posted: Apr 15, 2013The city of Ann Arbor is moving ahead with demolition of six boarded-up houses along North Main Street using money from its dangerous building fund after losing state grant funding. City Administrator Steve Powers informed ... Read more »
Blight beat: Home filled with debris targeted for rehabilitation
Posted: Apr 12, 2013The Gault Village Neighborhood in Ypsilanti Township is known for being the site of multiple Habitat For Humanity of Huron Valley success stories. Read more »
Dispute over burned-out apartments draws concern as repairs delayed
Posted: Apr 11, 2013Ypsilanti Township is prepared to move forward with legal action against the owner of an apartment complex where a building has sat vacant and burned out since last July. Read more »
Blight beat: Flooding, mold growth inside vacant home prompts legal action
Posted: Apr 10, 2013The Ypsilanti Township Office of Community Standards is taking on a blight case at a relatively new home. Read more »
State Court of Appeals upholds Liberty Square decision; final block to demolition cleared
Posted: Apr 08, 2013The five-year legal saga over the fate of Ypsilanti Township’s Liberty Square reached its likely conclusion on March 25 when the Michigan State Court of Appeals upheld a Washtenaw County Circuit Court order to demolish the complex. Read more »
WITH GALLERY: 6 children removed from deteriorating home after 29 investigations by child protective services
Posted: Mar 29, 2013Six children are in the custody of Washtenaw County Child Protective Services after the agency was called to a deteriorating Ypsilanti Township home on 29 occasions throughout the past two years. Read more »
blight beat: Stewart Beal invests $50K to clean up troubled apartment complex
Posted: Mar 26, 2013The raw sewage that once took up a parking spot in front of the MeadowRidge Apartments in Ypsilanti Township has been hosed away. Read more »
Ann Arbor failed to meet conditions of grant for demolition of North Main houses, state says
Posted: Mar 25, 2013The city of Ann Arbor failed to meet conditions of a grant agreement for demolition of six boarded-up houses on North Main Street, and the $96,000 award has been rescinded, a spokeswoman for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority said. Read more »
Ann Arbor mayor blames state for failure to demolish North Main houses by March 15 deadline
Posted: Mar 22, 2013Six boarded-up houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor still stand a full week after they were supposed to be demolished by the city. Read more »
Blight Beat: Ypsilanti Township pressures insurer on building damaged in Molotov cocktail attack
Posted: Mar 11, 2013Following a dispute with its insurer and subsequent arbitration, an Ypsilanti Township apartment complex soon will begin repairs on a building heavily damaged by Molotov cocktail attacks and the resulting fire. The building, in the ... Read more »
Blight beat: City of Ann Arbor to take action on 2 abandoned properties on city's east side
Posted: Feb 23, 2013The city of Ann Arbor again is turning its attention to an abandoned home and a vacant lot on Pinecrest Avenue on the city's east side. Read more »
Blight beat: Ypsilanti Township seeks bids for demolition of 6 rotting homes
Posted: Feb 22, 2013Ypsilanti Township is seeking bids for demolition of six blighted properties on which staff first took legal action around a year ago. Read more »
Blight beat: 6 boarded-up houses on Ann Arbor's North Main Street slated for demolition by next month
Posted: Feb 18, 2013Six of eight boarded-up houses along the east side of Main Street north of downtown Ann Arbor will be demolished by March 15 if all goes as planned. Mayor John Hieftje said he'll be glad ... Read more »
Blight Beat: Ypsilanti Township to take legal action against owner of charred home
Posted: Feb 13, 2013Ypsilanti Township will ask the Washtenaw County Circuit Court for help in addressing a home that has sat vacant since a May 2012 fire. Read more »
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