Many of these properties are caught in legal and financial gridlock, leaving cities without the resources to maintain or clear them for redevelopment ...

If you walked down Wacaster Street today, you’d see roads riddled with potholes, streetlights damaged, and abandoned properties.

A father and son treasure-hunting team made a grisly discovery last weekend while searching through an abandoned home in Mississippi ... had taken stuff in the house, ripped the curtains down ...

It’s when those abandoned houses turn into drug homes ... Programs, such as Neighborhood First and Revitalize Mississippi, have allowed people to purchase properties from the city and state ...