Can't afford your house? Here is an easy fix, let taxpayers do it.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Hmmmm, I wonder if this is just for Detroit public safety officers or if guys from the 'burbs can get in on this too. IIRC Detroit holds the deeds to some 20,000 properties(for reals). Those Two neighborhoods mentioned are "nicer" than the average Detroit neighborhood BUT I don't imagine the properties being offered are the typical Boston-Edison or E. Indian village home. The decent homes actually sell, It's the absolute shithole homes that the city takes over.

It is only for Detroit public safety officers (police/fire) to get them to move back to the city since the state struck down the law that required them to live in the city where they worked. The properties offered ARE the typical Boston-Edison and E. Indian village homes but they are homes that are in foreclosure and, from what I understand, are typical foreclosure homes.. read: need a ton of work. What they really need to do is give them a break on the taxes and get them good insurance deals. Those are the things that made people leave in the first place.