Skip to content

Condition: Post with Page_List

Listen
Search
Please enter at least 3 characters.

Latest Stories

Nobody likes blight. But has removing it in Detroit been worth the struggles with the land bank and demolition programs?

Houses being demolished in Detroit
© RYAN GARZA via Imagn Content Services, LLC

DETROIT (WWJ) – For more than a decade the city of Detroit has been snapping up thousands of abandoned and blighted properties through the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

On a new Daily J podcast, WWJ's Zach Clark learns as the city points to progress, others are wondering why the quasi-governmental department is allowed to operate in the shadows.


Want The Daily J delivered right to you, every Monday-Friday? Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, including on the FREE Audacy App.