Engler did give the Imperial Order to have some of the places which once housed some of these dis-enfranchised persons closed, but that's another song that has become old.
It's a big [[enough) city with a terrible un-employment problem, and some of the Lost People who have fallen on hard times [[many of them now with substance abuse habits) are just Out There, roaming the streets.
Some folks would have you believe that each & every one of them was air-lifted out of a care facility and deposited onto the streets of Detroit by John Engler personally.