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Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities

  • Written by Mark Skidmore, Professor of Government Finance and Policy, Michigan State University
Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for citiesDetroit has knocked down more than 20,000 homes since 2014. The process continues.Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Few cities have experienced a sharper economic change of fortune than Detroit.

It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950.

In the nearly 75 years since then, it has lost over 60% of its...

Read more: Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities

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