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 the City of Detroit has assigned 4,074 structures to demolition contractors, 3,954 structures have been demolished and 3,629 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.
