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Herman E. Perry Homes (aka "Perry Homes") was completed in 1954 with 1,100 units for black families. [2] [12] [18] Part of the project was destroyed by a tornado on March 24, 1975, with the buildings being replaced in 1976–77. [18] The project's demolition was completed in 1999, [19] and it was replaced with the West Highlands development. In ...
The "One Dollar Healthy Homes" initiative sold vacant and abandoned homes or lots for $1 per parcel to the people with the best plan for the seriously blighted property that had been acquired by ...
The city's budget meant that, with the cost of razing a single home in the tens of thousands of dollars, it could not afford to take down many homes. [24] Since 2010, the city has demolished more than 2,700 vacant buildings – typically completing about 300 demolitions a year – and rehabilitated another 4,200. [25]
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Free land, costly homes. The idea stretches back to the Homestead Act of 1862: Spur economic growth in rural America by giving away free land to those who will make good use of it.
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The first home demolitions in Detroit occurred in January 2014, and as of April 2019, the program is still in effect. In this time over 17,000 [7] properties have been torn down. [8] Another 2,800 demolitions have already been contracted and will occur within the next 12 months. The city hopes to reach 40,000 demolitions over the next eight years.
The Lagos state government flattened Badia East in February 2013 to clear land in an urban renewal zone financed by the World Bank, the global lender committed to fighting poverty. The neighborhood’s poor residents were cast out without warning or compensation and left to fend for themselves in a crowded, dangerous city.