This 1954 single-floor house has seen better days

Eyesore of the week

642 S. Francis St., Lansing

This 1954 single-floor house has seen better days. Now, it serves as an unofficial refuge for the homeless. The building has pieces of the roof missing, a hole directly in the front of the house at the roof’s peak and an overgrown lawn and bushes. The basement in this property, located in the 100-year flood plain, regularly floods, a neighbor reported.

It has been boarded up since 2019 and has numerous citations for weeds and trash, according to city property records.

Ingham County Treasurer Alan Fox agrees the property is on its last legs. The property was taken in a tax foreclosure in 2021 and transferred to the Land Bank Fast Track Authority. The organization has been waiting for funding to demolish the building.

The good news for neighbors? Fox said the federal government is delivering funds to tear this eyesore down this summer. The money is coming through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.