How properties fall into disrepair In neighborhoods across Mississippi, abandoned properties aren’t just neglected — they’re stuck in a cycle that keeps them from being restored.

Rooming houses, which can cost even less, are often exploitative. A typical apartment here rents for about $800, according to Zillow, compared with about $ 2,200 in Los Angeles.

Residents who live near the properties said they’re dangerous and they want something done about it. The problem is not limited to one particular area. The abandoned houses and buildings are ...

The State of Mississippi, in fact, owns 3,000 lots that dot the capital city, and especially in some of the poorer neighborhoods, like the Washington Addition, wherein the state owns over a ...

The eerie house, in Mississippi, is falling apart but inside dolls, flowers, beds and even divorce papers go untouched. Nicknamed 'Hoarder House' by locals, it has been abandoned for nearly 30 ...

Poole said he previously volunteered for Habitat when attending technical school in Mississippi. "I volunteered three or four times," he said. 1st. Lt.

Memphis residents have been abandoning low-lying homes for days as the dangerously surging river threatened to crest at 48 feet (14.63 meters) on Tuesday, just shy of the 48.7-foot (14.84-meter ...