Abandoned homes are both a danger to human health and a drain on municipalities’ resources. Photo: Andrew Blok

Part 2: Michigan’s Urban Environments

Preventing harm in Michigan’s most densely populated environments.

In 1992, experts named degradation of urban environments one of the greatest environmental risks facing Michigan.

Over a decade late, the Flint Water Crisis proved that true.

Listen below to my conversation with one of the people trying to solve one facet of the problems facing Michigan’s cities: blighted homes and residences.

In this episode:

Left to Right: Rex LaMore (courtesty Rex LaMore; an abandoned house in Grand Rapids (Andrew Blok; an abandoned house in Grand Rapids (Andrew Blok.

Rex LaMore

Rex LaMore is a researcher and professor at Michigan State University in the School of Planning, Design and Construction. He’s is pursuing solutions to the problems posed by the end of buildings’ lives in the field of domicology.