Detroit Is Demolishing Homes With Federal Money Meant "To Save Them"

Instead, Michigan and several other states’ decision to use the money for demolitions has come under fire because the federal government created no rules or controls to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, according to a 2016 SIGTARP investigation. 

Their negligence allowed the program to be riddled with waste and fraud, as contractors started raising their bids, and the bidding process for demolitions has become rife with bid-rigging and other tactics for fraud and abuse that were once famously associated with the American mafia. Soaring demolition costs in the state caught the attention of federal investigators, and now the Detroit Land Bank's handling of the demolitions has become the subject of an ongoing federal grand jury investigation.

DYI:

Despite the obvious abhorrent over spending on demolitions I agree with Detroit and the State of Michigan the number one goal is the removal of urban blight.  These abandoned derelict homes and business is an eye sore and draws in the criminal element that Detroit sorely needs to reduce. The time has long since past (since the late 90’s) to restore these homes or business’.  Many have been abandoned for 20, 30, even 40 years with no hope of repair.  Here is a link to a YouTube video, it speaks for itself and this one.   

DYI