CINCINNATI — There are nearly 2,000 vacant properties across Cincinnati that the city knows of, and 211 of them are in Over-the-Rhine. OTR leaders say empty, rundown buildings cause blight and can ...

Shana Carroll of D.W. Kozera and Mansur Abdul-Malik of NHPF on making the most of this overlooked opportunity. Shana Carroll and Abdul Malik-Mansur The issue of vacant homes and properties in the ...

Cincinnati City Council voted 5-4 Wednesday to approve more oversight of vacant buildings. The program requiring registration and periodic inspection of those properties will go into effect in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vacant properties are now in the sights of the Columbus City Council. Legislation passed Monday evening will require property owners to register a vacant property with the city or ...

Many cities are finding that something as simple as installing a split rail fence around a cleared and mowed vacant lot not only fights urban blight, it can help fight crime. Inspired by a program in ...

Vacant and dilapidated lots are a common city eyesore — not just in Philadelphia, but across the country. About 15 percent of urban land across the U.S. is either vacant or abandoned. And that blight ...