Fatal Fires in St. Louis, Baltimore Expose Vacant Home Risks February 11, 2022 By Jim Salter ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thick smoke billowed from the vacant, crumbling St. Louis house, but Benjamin Polson knew homeless people...
Spokane Considers Tracking Abandoned Homes October 22, 2014 The Spokane City Council is considering creating a registry of abandoned homes to prevent them from slipping into disrepair. The...
Proposal Would Help Ohio Cities Raze Vacant Homes August 20, 2013 Ohio’s big cities this year will raze hundreds of vacant homes that are a danger and a drag on neighborhoods,...
More Than 1,600 Arsons Scar Michigan City’s Landscape April 3, 2013 By DOMINIC ADAMS William Iser waits and wonders: Will his home be next? He watched as his street slowly became a shell of...
Texas Bill Aims to Keep Squatters Out of Homes March 5, 2013 A bill has been filed in the Texas Senate aiming to stop squatters from using an obscure law to move...
String of Texas Fires Intentionally Set June 4, 2012 Investigators in Southeast Texas are trying to determine who’s been starting fires this week in vacant houses. The Port Arthur...
Michigan City Reports Rash of Copper Pipe Thefts August 23, 2011 Police in Kalamazo, Mich., are reporting a string of burglaries in vacant homes in which the thieves seem to have...
Wisconsin Officials: Racine’s Rash of Fires May be Arson August 2, 2011 Law enforcement officials in Racine are investigating whether a serial arsonist is behind a rash of suspicious fires on the...