Hello! I cover Chautauqua County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Maki.Becker@wkbw.com JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WKBW) — In Jamestown, a pressing need for safe housing has prompted ...

For Andre Williams, of Trenton, restoring 10 abandoned and boarded-up houses on Chambers Street is personal. “I used to live in one of those houses many years ago with cousins while I was in high ...

Fran Sutton, a real estate broker-turned-developer in Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Sutton is trying to address a local housing shortage by tapping into some of the more than 4,300 ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — There's a new $7.5 billion proposed joint initiative in Baltimore City that seeks to turn around the long-standing issue of property vacancy and abandonment in the city. The plan, ...

Jackson Councilman Kenneth Stokes warns that squatters are setting fires in abandoned homes, creating a "burnt jungle" in parts of the city. A new state law, "The Real Property Owners Protection Act," ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – As you walk or ride along the Cardinal Greenway in Muncie, the former rail track repurposed for the community, a sanctuary of luscious greenery and dense vegetation alongside rich acres ...

Detroit is running out of abandoned homes. Over the past decade, thousands of abandoned homes have been salvaged and rehabilitated, providing Detroiters access to affordable housing options. While the ...

Detroit — On Ferry Park near 16th Street, in an area with a mix of blight and new development, sits a house designed to serve its community as a safe communal space filled with Black history. Yusef ...

Yes, that's Todd McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man comics being manhandled. "This is one of the best abandoned houses I've ever stepped inside of. I've walked around here for about five minutes just ...

When Fran Sutton stands at 21st Street and Quindaro Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, she doesn't see abandoned land. She sees 25 homes for people who lost hope that they'd ever buy in their hometown.