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Detroit March 7 (Reuters) - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, under pressure to stanch cash outflows, unveiled a new plan Wednesday night that would allow property owners in the city to buy vacant city-owned lots for $200.
The initiative, which Bing said is designed to "reduce blight in our neighborhoods," specifically targets 500 home owners who have vacant city land sitting adjacent to their own property.
Bing said the $200 land-purchase plan will eventually be expanded to other parts of the city. In the first wave of the plan, 500 residents were sent letters telling them to simply sign an attached application and submit $200.
"No coming downtown," Bing said. "No added bureaucracy. The city will mail back the deed."
As an added incentive, property owners participating in the plan will receive a $200 gift card to the city's only locally-owned lumber yard so they can put up fencing on the vacant lot.
The initiative, which Bing said is designed to "reduce blight in our neighborhoods," specifically targets 500 home owners who have vacant city land sitting adjacent to their own property.
Bing said the $200 land-purchase plan will eventually be expanded to other parts of the city. In the first wave of the plan, 500 residents were sent letters telling them to simply sign an attached application and submit $200.
"No coming downtown," Bing said. "No added bureaucracy. The city will mail back the deed."
As an added incentive, property owners participating in the plan will receive a $200 gift card to the city's only locally-owned lumber yard so they can put up fencing on the vacant lot.
Add in that you can purchase a home there for the price of a used car (or less) & grow your own ------ legally. Mmmm
