I've grown up near Detroit, and always wondered how everything has gone so off-the-rails with the housing. This book is an engrossing look at how the government has failed the community, leading to decimation of entire neighborhoods. I think this is a fantastic read that everyone can learn from.

Eye opening look at how government loans bank loans took advantage of people in Detroit looking to buy homes in a market that was decimated abandoned homes stripped clean of everything that can be stolen stoves ,toilets ,copper wiring .We meet decent people ,who do not have money to purchase homes in the suburbs who will negotiate ridiculous deals ,terms to get the American dream of a home.This is in a lot of ways an American Tragedy families who move into homes start working on them just to discover they don’t have clear deeds.Heartbreaking stories .a sad very moving study.#netgalley #st.Martinsboojs

Broke is a well researched book and informative. The book is well written and it is sad how our politicians spend the money not caring of the damage they do. They are wreckless and do not care about the poor.