Vacant Housing and Associated Pathologies in the U.S.: Best Practices and the Existing Political System? The Case of Detroit.

• In Event: Disadvataged Groups & Public Policy in the US

Brief Overview

Utilizing the Case of Detroit, this paper will look at vacant housing and associated pathologies in U.S. cities. It will then examine best practices to address the pathologies and the existing political systems’ attempts at doing so.

Authors

• Adrian Jerome Lottie, Eastern Michigan University

• Yvonne Cudney, Eastern Michigan University