Articles tagged: blight
Attorney says construction company didn't know makeshift dump was illegal as large cleanup begins
Posted: Jun 17, 2013An Ypsilanti-based concrete company that dumped waste on another business's private property in Ypsilanti Township is beginning a cleanup of the site. Read more »
Blight beat: Nearly one year after fire, Ypsilanti Township apartment building demolition moves forward
Posted: Jun 16, 2013An Ypsilanti Township apartment building damaged in a Molotov cocktail attack nearly a year ago will soon be demolished. Read more »
Ypsilanti Township asks judge to address illegal dump full of concrete, construction materials
Posted: Jun 01, 2013Ypsilanti Township is moving forward with litigation against a local company accused of illegally dumping concrete and other debris on a private 17.5-acre site near Congress Street and Hewitt Road. Read more »
Habitat for Humanity to get first dibs on foreclosed Ypsilanti Township houses
Posted: May 24, 2013Since 2009, Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley has renovated more than 50 blighted homes in Ypsilanti Township and put them in the hands of tax-paying homeowners. Read more »
Video: Watch the demolition of blighted homes on Ann Arbor's North Main Street
Posted: May 22, 2013Six blighted houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor will be demolished by the end of the week. Read more »
North Main demolition: Opinions mixed as 6 boarded-up houses come down in Ann Arbor
Posted: May 22, 2013The long-awaited demolition of a row of boarded-up houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor began in earnest Wednesday morning. Read more »
with gallery: Demolition underway on blighted North Main houses
Posted: May 20, 2013The project, which was approved by the <strong>Ann Arbor City Council in February, is being funded by Ann Arbor's dangerous building fund. No state funding was granted and as of April 15, the estimated cost for project completion is $90,000. Read more »
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 »
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