<p>What does it take to combat vacancy in neighborhoods where it has taken hold? A look into one neighborhood in Baltimore that has bucked the trend, and the approach that city planners use to reinvest in blighted communities.</p>

What does it take to combat vacancy in neighborhoods where it has taken hold? A look into one neighborhood in Baltimore that has bucked the trend, and the approach that city planners use to reinvest in blighted communities.

Ep. 3: Building From Strength: Inside Cities' Battle Against Blight

Housing blight — concentrated areas of vacant properties in cities, rural areas and suburbs —  is associated with everything from poverty to crime to health disparities. But governments seem powerless to turn it around. We're finding out why. A special 10-part podcast series by American Banker.

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Housing blight — concentrated areas of vacant properties in cities, rural areas and suburbs — is associated with everything from poverty to crime to health disparities. But governments seem powerless to turn it around. We're finding out why. A special 10-part podcast series by American Banker.

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Ep. 3: Building From Strength: Inside Cities' Battle Against Blight

Ep. 3: Building From Strength: Inside Cities' Battle Against Blight