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Crumbling, Destitute Schools Threaten Detroit’s Recovery
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Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A- decline and revival
01/03/2010
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Detroit's crisis- One in four households without a car in Detroit in a city with no rail system
03/19/2014
In 2007-2012 the number of households without a car in Detroit increased by 5% to 26.2%, the fastest of an city in the U.S. Many people endure long commutes and long bus waits at stops in sub zero temperatures in 2014, as a city goes through bankruptcy lacking funds to fix the broken bus system. Major cities such as New York, Boston, and the D.C. area have rail systems, for years Detroit failed to put in place a rail system. The financial crisis of 2008 left many without the incomes to support keeping a car with high insurance rates.
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The impact on Detroit of the global financial crisis of 2008- badly hit before, hit again
02/01/2009
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Detroit- rebuilding dilapidated housing in the inner city 2014-2016
11/27/2015
Talmer Bank provides $25,000 loans to home buyers for dilapidated and ransacked houses in some Detroit neigborhoods with abandoned properties. The houses are then renovated by buyers who get a mortgage free property to live in. This is necessary because very few new mortgages are written for such homes in bad condition. It is hoped that at some point the housing market in the city for these neighborhoods will recover and normal lending can start.
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Detroit tries unconventional approach to restoring its housing market - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/27/2015
Crumbling, Destitute Schools Threaten Detroit’s Recovery
New York Times 01/20/2016
The Detroit municipal bankruptcy in 2013
02/02/2012
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'Safe Harbor' in Bankruptcy Upended in Detroit Case
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Judge Disallows Plan by Detroit to Payoff Banks
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Cuts in U.S. education and teacher funding- 2010-2012
10/30/2008
Fixing budget deficits of states and local government in the U.S. in 2011-2012 is resulting in sharp cuts for schools. A class size of 60 in Detroit schools is one of the results of these cuts. One teacher calls it not educating children but supervising these children.
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U.S. Regional Economies- Detroit, Michigan
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