Baltimore Wants to Sell Hundreds of Vacant Homes for $1 Each

Houses in West Baltimore, Maryland.

Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg

Baltimore plans to sell boarded-up houses for $1 each in an attempt to revive neighborhoods that have been plagued by crime and disrepair.

The program backed by Mayor Brandon Scott will offer more than 200 city-owned vacant properties to residents who commit to repairing and living in them. A city board approved the measure on Wednesday.