Here is some low-income housing.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/40...88097580_zpid/
$100 for a house. Will it need work? Yes. If we define low-income as $8-$13 per hour. I'd rather have my tax money spent on fixing up this house for a low-income single mom or family and get her on her feet and point them toward self-sufficiency.
When people speak of "low-income" housing, what they really mean is government subsidy and government dependency. The more people that depend on government, will continue to vote for those officials in local elections.
If we use those same tax dollars the way I described, 1. Detroit maximizes the value of the property in a sale at the demo site. 2. Recoups more tax money from the value of the developed property. 3. Helps a low-income family become a homeowner and gets that property back on the tax rolls. 4. Gets a family on the road to self-sufficiency.