The city is more interested in major property brokers buying up huge chunks of real estate, and negotiating settlements on back taxes, than they are in selling off property all piecemeal.
Detroit, like most of the bankrupt cities in Michigan, are looking for one silver bullet to cure all of their financial woes. That will never happen. Flint, Pontiac, Saginaw, Muskegon, Battle Creek, Jackson, and Detroit will continue to be industrial wastelands until they realize that they need people more than people need them.
But Mayah Young said casinos would fix everything....
You nailed it. Those Michigan cities should wipe the slate clean and declare a ten year Tax Holiday to entice people to move in and renovate those homes. And start rebuilding the local economies.