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General Motors Corp. world headquarters is seen from an old, mostly abandoned warehouse district in Detroit, Michigan (REUTERS/Rebecca Cook).

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Laying the Groundwork For Change: Demolition, Urban Strategy, and Policy Reform

September 24, 2012, Alan Mallach

Alan Mallach describes the vacant property challenges facing many U.S. communities, how targeted demolition can help mitigate them, and the role cities, states, and the federal government should play in helping to fund local demolition strategies.

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    What this report, [America’s Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges by the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity], reinforces is the need to thinking about a new housing policy for the country. The question is whether we’re doing it in a smart or stupid way. Some places have been doing it smartly and the end result is opportunity.

    July 23, 2012, Bruce Katz, New York Times

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    January 9, 2008, Christopher B. Leinberger and Kojo Nnamdi

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