Defining Blight in Detroit
More than a fifth of Detroit’s properties are plagued with blight, according to a report by the Blight Removal Task Force, which examined more than 370,000 parcels in the city. MAY 27, 2014
The task force divided the city’s 85,000 most troubled properties into three types of blight, recommending “immediate removal” of nearly half of them.
Of 377,602 properties surveyed, 84,641, or 22 percent, were found to be blighted.
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