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Home»Posts tagged with»Vacant houses

Artist reimburses city for emergency demo, wants to ship 3 more houses to Europe

By Steve Neavling on March 30, 2016   Abandoned Buildings, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office  

Artist reimburses city for emergency demo, wants to ship 3 more houses to Europe

The art project is aimed at raising money to demolish blighted Detroit houses, but Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration is not on board.

Firebombing in Detroit ends 24-hour streak without a house fire

By Steve Neavling on June 10, 2014   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline  

Firebombing in Detroit ends 24-hour streak without a house fire

It was a rare but exciting moment for one of the nation’s busiest fire stations: Detroit was just 15 minutes shy of having no house fires in 24 hours.

Detroit investigates just 20% of suspicious fires, underreports arson

By Steve Neavling on August 26, 2013   City Government, Crime & Fire, Emergency Manager, Fire, Government, Headline, Investigations, Mayor's Office, posts  

Detroit investigates just 20% of suspicious fires, underreports arson

Failures in the Fire Department are prompting calls for Fire Commissioner Don Austin to retire.

Cheap, vacant houses in Detroit attract foreign investors (Photos)

By Steve Neavling on July 30, 2013   Lens On Detroit, Photo Gallery, posts  

Cheap, vacant houses in Detroit attract foreign investors (Photos)

Many of the abandoned homes are gutted, burned and in dangerous, underserved neighborhoods.

Stuck in Detroit: One day, five fires and one man trying to flee “this hell”

By Steve Neavling on March 11, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, City Government, Crime & Fire, Fire, Mayor's Office, posts, State of Michigan  

Stuck in Detroit: One day, five fires and one man trying to flee “this hell”

On Sunday afternoon, Larry paced outside while flames spread through four neighboring, vacant houses on the east side.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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