Sure, it’s no secret that the Twin Cities metro area is suffering from a serious glut of homes for sale, most of which are seeing a price drop of 10 percent this year. But did you know that,…
Can make-believe really make you believe? Can a boarded house painted to look as though it isn’t make you buy the house next door? According to a story in Saturday’s Strib, the city…
Now that the ice has thawed and Minneapolis residents are shaking off that long hibernation, the cusp of spring is revealing new colors: red foreclosure signs on front doors; orange letters of condemnation; gray, city-placed…
The trouble started about two years ago. Homes on the North Side were exploding in record numbers. Cooper pipes were being stripped, leaving gas lines gaping and unstable. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, two homes would…
Story by Molly Priesmeyer, video by Dan Haugen
You don’t have to go far into North Minneapolis to see it: Homes made dark by boards covering windows and doors. Most of the boarded homes here are festooned with gray plywood.…
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