There are a lot of really crappy streets like that in Dayton. It was once ranked as one of America's fastest dying cities. Several years ago I heard there was a multi-year backlog of abandoned houses to demolish. They also have had deals similar to the ones you hear about in rural Japan where you can get a house practically for free if you just agree to fix it up. I used to live there, which I how I knew to look there when the discussion turned to how cheap of a home you could buy.