I 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

I 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/