US existing homes fall 1.7% in July as record prices, high mortgage rates stifle would be-buyers

I sometimes wonder if there is a way to incentivize the transition of the many abandoned homes in the nation back into the market. It's difficult to gain a real # of properties not in some state of use, but there are definitely properties out there:

https://apnews.com/article/home-sales-mortgage-interest-rate-4b07d3833eda82d5fbfbf32100de0e13