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  2. Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - Wikipedia

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    These laws, now superseded by Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of 1865, were demanded by the Southern States of the U.S. but were actively opposed in most Northern states. Activists against slavery and the fugitive slave laws, such as members of the Underground Railroad, routinely violated the laws and refused to return slaves to their ...

  3. Where Cities Are Practically Giving Away Abandoned Homes - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. Abandonment (legal) - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned car repair station in Victoria, Australia In law, abandonment is the relinquishment, giving up, or renunciation of an interest , claim , privilege , possession , [ 1 ] civil proceedings , appeal , or right , especially with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting it.

  5. Squatting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    They break into vacant, unused bank-owned foreclosed homes and move homeless people inside. [41] Take Back the Land organized a shantytown called the Umoja Village to squat a vacant lot in 2006 and 2007. [42] Homes Not Jails in San Francisco advocates squatting houses to end the problem of homelessness. It has opened "about 500 houses, 95% of ...

  6. Where Neighbors Can Buy Abandoned Homes for $1 - AOL

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    Abandoned homes and empty plots in neighborhoods can become nuisances for neighbors. They aren't only critter-attracting eyesores, but they can also be a safety concern. ... New Law Lets People ...

  7. '100 Abandoned Houses': Sad Signs of Detroit's Growing ... - AOL

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    Bauman's "100 Abandoned Houses" project documents the continued degradation of abandoned homes in the city. He began snapping abandoned homes more than 10 years ago, he said, as the flight from ...

  8. Municipal disinvestment - Wikipedia

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    Out of the New Deal came the Public Works Administration, funding the construction of thousands of low-rent homes and infrastructure development.Meanwhile the Homeowners Refinancing Act, as well as the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act three years later, provided generous incentives and reimbursements aimed at Americans recovering from the Great Depression who could not yet afford to invest in equity.

  9. Criminals use abandoned homes to stash weapons - AOL

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