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Domicology: A new way to fight blight before buildings are even constructed

  • Written by Rex LaMore, Director of the Center for Community & Economic Development and Adjunct Faculty in Urban and Regional Planning Program, Michigan State University
In recent years, Detroit has demolished thousands of abandoned homes annually.AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Detroit has been demolishing about 200 vacanthouses per week since December 2014, with a goal to take down6,000 houses in one year. Much of the demolition work is concentrated in about 20 neighborhoods where the blight removal is projected to have...

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