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>> There are places in the US so desperate for new residents they will offer you an abandoned house if you fix it up and pay property taxes. Buffalo, NY and Det
by phkahler 3y ago
>> There are places in the US so desperate for new residents they will offer you an abandoned house if you fix it up and pay property taxes. Buffalo, NY and Detroit have done this.
I knew a guy that bought an old house in Detroit for a few $K. He also picked up the empty lot next door for like $500 - they'd rather you maintain it (mow the grass) than the city do it, or it look like crap. Not sure if these deals are still a thing today.
- cobertos 3y agoI know someone who did this as well. Has mulberry trees, started a garden, and that house has a lot of sqft. He even rents it out to others at a pretty low cost. They are definitely still a thing, the entity that handles this is the Detroit Land Bank. https://buildingdetroit.org/ https://buildingdetroit.org/
- dredmorbius 3y ago"Land bank" is a key phrase to look for and search on. They're not ubiquitous, but numerous metro (and some non-metro) regions have one.