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Comparing Motor City Mapping era Property Surveys (Winter 2013 / 2014)
With Detroit Land Bank Property Surveys (Summer 2016)
Analysis Performed with data from MotorCityMapping.org
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Net Change in Vacants MCM thru 2016 amongst 63,463 Parcels Resurveyed:
+3,148 (64% Increase)
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HHF Zones
Within the pool of 63,463 properties surveyed
BOTH in MCM and Summer 2016, this map shows
the properties surveyed as Vacant during the
Summer of 2016:
8,018 of 63,463 Parcels Surveyed found Vacant
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Examples
Examples of New Vacancies 8
16038 Fairmount Dr, Regent Park, Detroit
In October of 2013 Loveland first met with the blight task force. Initially, the task force asked how we would go about identifying every
blighted property in Detroit. LOVELAND put the 2012 map below up on the screen and said, We cant just survey whats blighted today
because this is the pipeline of whats coming tomorrow. Tax foreclosure is the engine the produces blight and vacancy.
We surveyed the entire city a single frame in the stop-motion picture of Detroit property history. The Land Bank has now resurveyed
1/6th of the city two and a half years later a meaningful start on a second frame that should be completed.
We are seeing increases in property vacancies, even in areas where demolition is active. More research would be wise, but we believe the
reason for this vacancy is tax foreclosure. Tax foreclosure both forces Detroiters from their homes, and leaves properties vacant, open to
scrapping, arson, and deterioration. While methods to alleviate some of the symptoms of tax foreclosure have become more eective, the
underlying cause of tax foreclosure remains unaddressed. Until it is, vacancy and blight will continue to impact the neighborhoods of
Detroit.
Detroit Tax Distress Map, 2012 Detroit Tax Distress Map, 2016