Mayor Carmalitha Gumbs calls the demolition "long overdue" as the city begins tearing down a building tied to deadly violence and repeated public safety concerns.

A story about long-standing blight in Selma neighborhoods led to a tense exchange between the mayor and a city councilwoman during Tuesday night’s council meeting.

Communities in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are receiving about a quarter of the combined $12 million in state grants to combat blight, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office announced. In Allegheny County, 23 ...

When dealing with blighted properties, the answer is almost always addition by subtraction. That scene is playing out in Vandergrift, where officials are making progress in the fight against blight.

SHREVEPORT, La. — As Louisiana braces for National Guard troops to be deployed to the Pelican State, Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux says he’s been in conversations with Louisiana’s adjutant general.

LEWISTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — A fee on sheriff’s and judicial sales in a local county will now help fund the demolition of blighted properties. Mifflin County Commissioners approved an ordinance ...