Cheapest House In U.S.: $188

Posted by | November 7, 2014 14:12 | Filed under: Economy Top Stories

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The price can only go up, one would think.

The house sits in a neighborhood with similar homes, just off Michigan’s Route 59 and not far from I-475, as if anyone might drive there.

Flint’s population peaked at over 196,000 in 1960, according to the Census, and fell under 99,000 last year. The median household income in Flint is just above $27,000, compared to the national average of just over $51,000.

The economy is so badly broken that the local Flint newspaper, the Flint Journal, is only published three times a week.

Most cities battered by the recession and the collapse of the car industry have some chance of coming back. Not so for Flint. According to a Detroit Free Press evaluation of Flint.

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39 responses to Cheapest House In U.S.: $188

  1. Republicans_are_Evil November 7th, 2014 at 14:30

    Might be an alternative way to house the homeless.

    • Carla Akins November 7th, 2014 at 14:40

      You’ve seen the Utah model? I don’t know why everyone isn’t doing this: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free

      • M D Reese November 7th, 2014 at 14:55

        What a concept, huh?

        • Carla Akins November 7th, 2014 at 15:12

          I don’t know of any major city that doesn’t have a huge abandoned issue. At least large enough to care for the majority of the homeless. In KC, we have a decently sized population of homeless but a great support network of shelters but we always fall short in cold weather, with Vets and we suck at having places for abused women and children.

          • M D Reese November 7th, 2014 at 15:36

            We are a small town–we have a shelter for women but it always has management issues. For homeless, there is a small capacity “temporary home” but you have to leave in the morning and can’t go back until evening, so during the day they just wander or hang out at the library. It’s sad.

          • RayCy November 8th, 2014 at 20:10

            Who pays for the heat, electricity, upkeep to keep it habitable?

            • Carla Akins November 8th, 2014 at 21:13

              The Utah model has both programs were utilities are paid by an agency on a sliding scale until the expenses can be paid by the individual. As I recall the rough numbers, Utah figured the state spent approx 40k per homeless person when they’re on the streets and only 17k per a year when they’re housed. Almost 80% remained in a program and made significant improvements under this model.

          • peacedreamer December 18th, 2014 at 01:43

            That’s true, Carla! I lived in KC in the late 70s & sometimes still visit. (I’m up north near IA now). Lots of good programs & good people making efforts but like so many areas of the country it’s not enough. The rural communities of MO are disintegrating while the state legislators rally to frack the land & poison our water while denying access to healthcare & public transportation.
            We can’t call this economic recovery when there are so many suffering across our nation & world. None of us prosper while our brothers & sisters go hungry & shelterless.
            We have yet to establish the abundance for all that our nation was designed to create.

  2. Republicans_are_Evil November 7th, 2014 at 15:30

    Might be an alternative way to house the homeless.

    • Carla Akins November 7th, 2014 at 15:40

      You’ve seen the Utah model? I don’t know why everyone isn’t doing this: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free

      • M D Reese November 7th, 2014 at 15:55

        What a concept, huh?

        • Carla Akins November 7th, 2014 at 16:12

          I don’t know of any major city that doesn’t have a huge abandoned issue. At least large enough to care for the majority of the homeless. In KC, we have a decently sized population of homeless but a great support network of shelters but we always fall short in cold weather, with Vets and we suck at having places for abused women and children.

          • M D Reese November 7th, 2014 at 16:36

            We are a small town–we have a shelter for women but it always has management issues. For homeless, there is a small capacity “temporary home” but you have to leave in the morning and can’t go back until evening, so during the day they just wander or hang out at the library. It’s sad.

          • RayCy November 8th, 2014 at 21:10

            Who pays for the heat, electricity, upkeep to keep it habitable?

            • Carla Akins November 8th, 2014 at 22:13

              The Utah model has both programs were utilities are paid by an agency on a sliding scale until the expenses can be paid by the individual. As I recall the rough numbers, Utah figured the state spent approx 40k per homeless person when they’re on the streets and only 17k per a year when they’re housed. Almost 80% remained in a program and made significant improvements under this model.

          • peacedreamer December 18th, 2014 at 02:43

            That’s true, Carla! I lived in KC in the late 70s & sometimes still visit. (I’m up north near IA now). Lots of good programs & good people making efforts but like so many areas of the country it’s not enough. The rural communities of MO are disintegrating while the state legislators rally to frack the land & poison our water while denying access to healthcare & public transportation.
            We can’t call this economic recovery when there are so many suffering across our nation & world. None of us prosper while our brothers & sisters go hungry & shelterless.
            We have yet to establish the abundance for all that our nation was designed to create.

  3. mea_mark November 7th, 2014 at 14:36

    I wonder if there are back taxes owed on the property?

  4. mea_mark November 7th, 2014 at 15:36

    I wonder if there are back taxes owed on the property?

  5. R.J. Carter November 7th, 2014 at 14:52

    Is the water turned on?

    • Anomaly 100 November 7th, 2014 at 15:18

      Probably not. From the source, “Fixer Upper Home, Needs lots of work, has major fire damage, seller selling AS IS”

      On Zillow, I found this picture of the home:

    • Anomaly 100 November 7th, 2014 at 15:20

      Probably not. From the source, “Fixer Upper Home, Needs lots of work, has major fire damage, seller selling AS IS”

      On Zillow, I found this picture of the home and it looks really nice:

    • Anomaly 100 November 7th, 2014 at 15:21

      FFS, I keep trying to leave this pic. Grrr!

  6. R.J. Carter November 7th, 2014 at 15:52

    Is the water turned on?

    • Anomaly 100 November 7th, 2014 at 16:20

      Probably not. From the source, “Fixer Upper Home, Needs lots of work, has major fire damage, seller selling AS IS”

      On Zillow, I found this picture of the home and it looks really nice:

    • Anomaly 100 November 7th, 2014 at 16:21

      FFS, I keep trying to leave this pic. Grrr!

  7. Tammy Minton Haley November 7th, 2014 at 17:47

    …pure michigan…

  8. Tammy Minton Haley November 7th, 2014 at 18:47

    …pure michigan…

  9. fancypants November 7th, 2014 at 22:01

    As long as the rest of the world is taken care of and all nukes are in our possession The gop has no problem on how people have to live. Pay up or move out

  10. fancypants November 7th, 2014 at 23:01

    As long as the rest of the world is taken care of and all nukes are in our possession The gop has no problem on how people have to live. Pay up or move out

  11. Robert Brown November 8th, 2014 at 09:19

    this was like half a story

  12. Robert Brown November 8th, 2014 at 10:19

    this was like half a story

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