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One of the big issues in Detroit is blight. People walking away from their properties or foreclosures are the base of the problem. After that, it’s people…
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The city of Detroit could soon be independent of financial oversight.According to its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Detroit ended the 2016 fiscal…
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Detroit’s rapid-fire demolition campaign under Mayor Mike Duggan was rife with questionable bidding practices and lacked major internal controls,…
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Detroit residents have a new way to check when blighted and vacant homes in their neighborhood will be demolished.People can enter an address on the…
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Michigan will receive $188.1 million in additional federal money to aid the removal of blight in neighborhood around the state, members of Michigan's…
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Detroit mayor Mike Duggan announced plans today to recruit more Detroit-based, minority contractors for the city's expanding blight-removal efforts.Duggan…
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The Next IdeaMichigan is all too familiar with the sight of abandoned buildings. Detroit is one of the most significant examples, where hundreds of…
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Katrina Watkins stood on her front porch in Detroit’s McDougall-Hunt neighborhood staring at the vacant, overgrown stretch of land across the street.“I…
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Michigan may soon apply for tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to tear down blighted homes.Michigan U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary…