Detroit’s online home auctions programme, part of the city’s strategy to aid communities, plans to sell 400 vacant homes by the end of the year.
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Detroit mayor Mike Duggan, left, greets people in the Boston-Edison neighbourhood who are touring a home being auctioned off. One home will be auctioned off per day with an opening bid of US$1,000. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
A man looks at the bathroom inside one of the 13 homes in Boston-Edison that will go up for bid. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
People look at a missing section of a wall as they tour a home being auctioned off in Boston-Edison. The city of Detroit says nearly 6,000 people have already registered on the auction website to bid on homes. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
People tour a home during an open house for the Boston-Edison community by the city of Detroit. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
The city of Detroit and the Detroit Land Bank are auctioning off homes throughout the city, with one home to be auctioned off per day in each covered community with an opening bid of US$1,000. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
Costs to rehabilitate the Detroit homes could be twice the price of the winning bid, according to the website www.buildingdetroit.org. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
Winning bidders have six months to finish the rehabilitation and prove occupancy or forfeit the money and property. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
People tour a home during an open house for the Boston-Edison community by the city of Detroit. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
A woman tours a home being auctioned off in Boston-Edison. Under the auction programme, 13 homes in Boston-Edison will go up for bid and 10 in the Osborn neighbourhood. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
Detroit mayor Miek Duggan said the city's home auction programme offers an opportunity for people to buy homes for a lower price in a good neighbourhood. Joshua Lott / Reuters -
People tour a home during an open house for the Boston-Edison community by the city of Detroit. Joshua Lott / Reuters
In pictures: Detroit’s home auctions
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