Detroit, once a city of more than 78,500 empty, blighted houses, is now home to more than 120,000 vacant lots, and finding new uses for those lots will be one of the city's next big steps in its ...

Construction has begun on Detroit's first solar neighborhoods project, transforming 165 acres of vacant land across five neighborhoods into solar arrays. The initiative aims to offset the city's ...

An environmental organization is partnering with a Detroit nonprofit to revitalize a vacant lot. Piper Pharr, 9, was doing her part on Saturday, helping to clean up trash in the lot located on the ...

More than 12,000 once-vacant homes in the Detroit Land Bank Authority's stock have been renovated, the organization announced Wednesday. The DLBA had 45,000 vacant homes in its stock in 2014, and the ...

Vast swaths of vacant Detroit land are unexpectedly rich in bird life, according to a new study that found 54 species over four years, from eastern wood pewees to northern cardinals. Why it matters: ...

A vacant Detroit hospital parking lot has officially been traded in for keys and new beginnings. Benjamin O. Davis Veterans ...

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 – After two years of planning, construction has officially begun on what Detroit is calling its first solar neighborhoods. Crews broke ground Monday, Oct. 27, in the Van Dyke Lynch ...