- $12,000 The average cost in Michigan for demolishing a single-family home.
- $15,000 The potential cost for a house with hazardous material (including all houses that are severely burned, which must be treated and demolished as if they contained hazardous material.)
- $10,600 The average cost for the Land Bank to demolish a home
- property inspections & surveys: $300-$600
- abatement and disposal of hazardous materials: up to $15,000
- utility costs (disconnecting, etc..): $250-$600
- demolition permit: $75-$350
- structure & mandatory basement removal: $2300-$25,000
- mandatory backfill with clean soil & initial site grading: $1200-$2000
- final grade, seeding & mulching: $500-$750
- 3000 The number of structures the Land Bank has torn down in Flint since 2003.
The Language of Blight
- reinvestment neighborhoods: areas near schools with recent investments in housing through the Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (www.portal.hud.gov)
- tipping-point neighborhoods: are neighborhoods with vacancy rates of less than 20% and have recently experienced an increase in vacancies and foreclosures
- buffer areas: surround reinvestment and tipping-point neighborhoods; and include neighborhoods with higher vacancy rates than adjacent areas targeted for demolition
Flint Demolition Map 2013
Some sobering facts and figures, eh?
Until next time,
Robin in Flint
Learn more about Flint at www.cityofflint.com * additional resource: Flint Journal www.mlive.com/flint article by Dominic Adams (dadams@mlive.com) dated 10/27/13 |
Purple = tipping point neighborhoodsBlue = reinvestment neighborhoods
Light Green = buffer area neighbor hoods
<--------- I live in a buffer area, the lower part of the green area just to the right of the Flint River (the big river in the middle)
*Dark Green = key corridor neighborhoods in critical need of demolition.
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