The city filled with abandoned homes you can buy for as little as $400

A small Arkansas city suffering from severe population decline and economic turmoil has become so abandoned that properties are on offer for as little as $400. Pine Bluff, a bleak metro that saw its population drop from 49,000 to 41,250 residents from 2010 to 2020, made headlines this month after being panned in a YouTube documentary from Abandoned Atlas. After the documentary racked up millions of views in its first few weeks, Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington responded that her office is introducing a number of initiatives to tackle the abandoned homes - as she admitted her hometown is beset by 'serious problems.' When the 2020 US census was announced, Pine Bluff's 12.5 percent population decline since the previous census in 2010 earned it the unenviable title of America's fastest shrinking city. To address the large number of abandoned properties scattered across the city, Washington announced a slate of initiatives, including the Pine Bluff Green Sweep program to 'educate the community on code standards to prevent future violations and highlight any blight.'