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Vacant Building

Taxpayers are footing the bill for this vacant Harris Co. building

  • May 23

Couple denies squatting in bid to stay in home they don't legally own

  • Feb 11

Neighbors express concerns after gas leak at abandoned property

  • Feb 10

Abandoned Spring Branch apartment complex set to be demolished: City

  • Jan 20

Vacant Channelview hotel burns in major fire for 7th time: Officials

  • Jan 16

HFD investigates fire at abandoned home in historic Freedmen's Town

  • Dec 30, 2025

Sugar Land to pay $496K to preserve iconic 'Imperial Sugar Char House'

  • Nov 19, 2025

Demolition may be near for 4 NE Houston buildings vacant for decades

  • Aug 12, 2025

Latest Videos

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Crews battled abandoned building fire at former Houston school, HFD says

  • Jul 27
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Another vacant Harris County building: This is how much you're paying for it

  • May 23
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Another vacant Harris County building: This is how much you're paying for it

  • May 23
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Couple denies squatter accusations as they fight to stay in Fifth Ward home they don't legally own

  • Feb 11
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Neighbors express safety concerns as vacant building on Riddlewood Lane set to be demolished

  • Feb 10
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Abandoned Spring Branch apartment complex set to be demolished: City

  • Jan 20
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Vacant Channelview hotel caught in major fire for the 7th time in the last year, according to HCFMO

  • Jan 16
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Houston Fire Department investigates cause of abandoned house fire in historic Freedmen's Town

  • Dec 30, 2025

Latest Stories

Houston city leaders looking to demolish 'dilapidated buildings' ahead of 2026 World Cup: Records

Ahead of one of the biggest sporting events coming to the Bayou City, records show leaders are looking to make upgrades, including demolishing three "dilapidated buildings" in Midtown.

  • Aug 1, 2025

Sugar Land approves $50 million plan to acquire historic Imperial Sugar site

Sugar Land City Council approved the plan Tuesday evening, saying the $50 million would come from sales tax revenue designated for economic development.

  • Feb 19, 2025

13 Investigates: Neighbors elated as city demolishes dangerous building, decades-old 'eyesore'

Tim Goings and his neighbors celebrated as a dilapidated home was demolished by city crews after what they say were years of complaints.

  • Nov 22, 2024

13 Investigates: Fixing Houston's dangerous buildings is a 'long and drawn-out process'

Houston has at least 170 "dangerous" buildings, including run-down apartments, a burned-down restaurant, an old HISD school, and most recently, the building where a firefighter died after a wall collapsed.

  • Nov 13, 2024

Roadblocks keeping Homestead-area's vacant Kmart eyesore from next phase

A Houston city council member said the former home of Blue Light Specials was supposed to be demolished 13 years ago. Since then, neighbors say visitors to the area are afraid to come through.

  • Aug 29, 2024