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Detroit Housing Plan Lures Few Police, Firefighters Back to City

More than a year after Mayor Dave Bing launched a campaign to lure police and firefighters back to the city by selling rehabbed homes on the cheap, the program has sold six houses. Skeptics say it's a questionable use of $5 million in federal grant money that could be spent elsewhere.

More than a year after Mayor Dave Bing launched a campaign to lure police and firefighters back to the city by selling rehabbed homes on the cheap, the program has sold six houses. Skeptics say it's a questionable use of $5 million in federal grant money that could be spent elsewhere.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.