Scenes From the Foreclosure Crisis: Water, Land and Housing in Michigan
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By Anne Elizabeth Moore and Melissa Mendes, Truthout Print
There's no question that clean drinking water and shelter are two of the most basic needs for human survival. But as our investigative comics journalism series has shown, clean drinking water is by no means a given for Detroit residents. Neither, unfortunately, is safe and affordable housing.
The foreclosure crisis currently gripping Detroit hasn't substantially lessened since it first made headlines a few years back. These days, despite talk of recovery, the city's still-dwindling population faces a one-in-four chance that a home will be lost to property tax foreclosure. The high volume of foreclosures has helped Wayne County balance a long-struggling budget -- and, since 2002, has seized more houses in...