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A comment on Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots into Bee Farms (2018). Parent comment

Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by wil421 on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:07PM (#20681069)
Many of the homes came with a caveat that you have to bring it up to code. The home was only a $1,000 but the renovation costs were 10s of thousands.
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by DrStalker on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:33PM (#20681642)
You also become responsible for any unpaid property taxes, because they are attached to the property rather than to the person who owned it when the debt was incurred.
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by acollins1331 on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:46PM (#20681721)
what the hell
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by scottmcf on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:55PM (#20681775)
That's why they are so cheap.
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by mymythisisthis on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:13PM (#20682490)
Shitty that an accountant policy is hurting a city.
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by phkahler on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:16PM (#20681147)
Not sure if it's still the case but you could by adjacent vacant lots for $100.
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by flyGuyOnTheSly on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:25PM (#20681591)
That is still the case, but only if you own a home on the lot adjacent to the vacant lot.
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Re:Black Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots i... by fapjacks on Monday August 12, 2019 @10:59PM (#20682420)
From my understanding, there's also a caveat that you have to live in the home. Or have a tenant or something similar. I think it has (had?) something to do with preventing outside speculators from holding properties while the structures become (further) dilapidated and/or collapse.
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