Detroit

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This April 8, 2014 photo shows a home for sale in Detroit. Detroit spent as much as $537,000 per home renovating 30 houses starting in 2011 under a federal program to fight blight before selling most for less than $100,000 each, according to the Detroit News investigation published on Thursday, May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

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This April 8, 2014 photo shows a house for sale in Detroit. Detroit spent as much as $537,000 per home renovating 30 houses starting in 2011 under a federal program to fight blight before selling most for less than $100,000 each, according to the Detroit News investigation published on Thursday, May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

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This Tuesday, May 27, 2014 photo shows a house at West Boston in Detroit. Detroit spent as much as $537,000 per home renovating 30 houses starting in 2011 under a federal program to fight blight before selling most for less than $100,000 each, according to the Detroit News investigation published on Thursday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

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FILE--In this Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, Derrick Miller, ex-aide to Kwame Kilpatrick, leaves federal court in Detroit. Miller is returning to Detroit federal court Thursday, May 29, 2014 for his sentence for corruption. Miller pleaded guilty and testified against Kilpatrick, who is serving a 28-year prison sentence. Miller is asking a judge to spare him from prison Thursday as a reward for his cooperation. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Ankur Dholakia) MANDATORY CREDIT, DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT

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State-appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, left, and Mayor Mike Duggan are seen during a news conference in Detroit, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Removing blighted residential properties, lots and vacant commercial structures that have plagued Detroit neighborhoods for decades would cost $850 million, a task force said Tuesday. Blight has "gone on for years" without a "real strategy" and has gotten worse as a result, said Duggan. Orr called it an unprecedented effort. For the first time in Detroit's history, there is a "comprehensive proposal to analyze all the properties in 144 square miles in the city," Orr said. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Grass and weeds grow in front of a vacant home in Detroit, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Removing blighted residential properties, lots and vacant commercial structures that have plagued Detroit neighborhoods for decades would cost $850 million, a task force said Tuesday. The study by the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force is part of efforts announced last year by the administration of President Barack Obama to help Detroit, which is trying to work through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Grass and weeds grow in front of two vacant homes in Detroit, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Removing blighted residential properties, lots and vacant commercial structures that have plagued Detroit neighborhoods for decades would cost $850 million, a task force said Tuesday. The study by the Detroit Blight Removal Task Force is part of efforts announced last year by the administration of President Barack Obama to help Detroit, which is trying to work through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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This photo taken on May 20, 2014, shows the exterior of the Greektown Casino and Hotel in Detroit. The casino plans to scale back a $150 million renovation plan to work totaling $25 million to $50 million. Greektown is the smallest of the three Detroit casinos by revenue, at 24 percent of the market. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson ) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

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This photo taken on May 20, 2014, shows the exterior of the Greektown Casino and Hotel in Detroit. The casino plans to scale back a $150 million renovation plan to work totaling $25 million to $50 million. Greektown is the smallest of the three Detroit casinos by revenue, at 24 percent of the market. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson ) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT