Tax breaks for poor neighborhoods steered to booming pockets in Detroit
“Detroit is a city with abundant need. The poorest big city in America, there are few corners that couldn’t use help. So critics wonder why a new federal tax incentive program – intended to benefit the poorest neighborhoods in the nation – is poised to help areas of Detroit that are doing the best. And it’s not just the Motor City; state officials have also designated areas in some affluent counties in northern Michigan.”