Bank of America donating houses to entice Detroit cops to live in city

[Kevgoblue]

The point of this program is that the cops get cheap houses in the city. If they didn't want to live in the city, wouldn't they just not participate in the program?

They will buy a highly subsidized house and then turn around and rent it out. More than likely, many of them will never even consider legitamately living there.
Outside of the new 20-somethings, I don't see many older married officers with families wanting to move back to the city.

[Augustiner]

Outside of the new 20-somethings, I don't see many older married officers with families wanting to move back to the city.

Who says it's directed at older married officers with families?

[NorthEndere]

Who says it's directed at older married officers with families?

Given that they are initially offering large [[or at least something beyond modest-sized) single-family homes in upscale [[by Detroit standards, at least) neighborhoods, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet they aren't really going after young rookies. Just a guess.

I'd really like to see them offer something a bit closer to the core, but a big part of the plan is to get officers living in stable, out-city neighborhoods to keep them from declining any further.