Detroit's neighborhoods are paramount to its success and ensuring their viability is important to the Bing Administration.
After taking office Mayor Bing recognized the need to efficiently identify and demolish dangerous vacant and abandoned structures that threaten the quality of life in many Detroit neighborhoods. Under Mayor Bing’s leadership, 7,121 structures have been ordered demolished and 7,076 have completed the entire demolition process.
Mayor Bing has pledged to demolish a total 10,000 dangerous vacant and abandoned residential structures by the end of his first term in 2013 and has used Neighborhood Stabilization Program dollars to fund the residential demolition program.