Baltimore is selling hundreds of vacant homes to city residents for just $1 each

• Baltimore is selling city-owned abandoned homes to residents for $1 each.
• The initiative aims to revive neighborhoods with high crime rates and surplus vacant homes.
• The city tried a similar housing program in the 1970s with homesteaders. 

The city of Baltimore will sell more than 200 city-owned abandoned homes to residents starting at just $1 each in an effort to revive some of its roughest neighborhoods.

A city board approved the measure on Wednesday in a 4-1 vote, according to The Baltimore Sun.