Proposal N would mean tearing down 8K homes...

[Dumpling]

$38,650 just to tear down one house, many of which are
bunched together on certain streets in certain neighborhoods.
So say there is one block with ten burned out abandoned houses
covered with weeds on it. That's a $386,500 pot right there...over
30 years...with $200,000 going out in the near future to the demolition
contractors and crew, and $186,500 as interest over the next
30 years. That's assuming that funds go to demolitions in the
first place. There are louder voices than those of ten abandoned
houses on a block.

However there would be that many fewer fires in vacant houses which
would mean fewer fire department runs which would mean a lower reported arson rate for the City of Detroit as well as fewer next door neighbors' houses burning down as collateral damage.

And, for what that's worth, I haven't been able to find a recent arson
rate for the City of Detroit. The arsons have dropped substantially
since thousands of houses were demolished and, as importantly,
arson investigators were hired. However if someone is aware of
the arson rate for years 2018 and 2019 or even 2017 thank you
in advance for posting it.