Section 8 housing voucher distribution canceled after thousands waiting in line get out of control

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4. According to the census, hundreds of thousands empty in Michigan.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110505/FREE/110509940/census-number-of-empty-homes-rental-properties-in-michigan-up-50-percent#


DETROIT (AP) — The number of empty homes and vacant rental properties grew by nearly 50 percent in Michigan over the past decade as the state struggled through one of the toughest economies in the country, according to 2010 census figures released today.

Nearly 660,000 homes and apartments were vacant last year across the state, or 14.6 percent, compared with fewer than 450,000 in 2000.

“Michigan was the only state to lose population this decade and until recently had the highest unemployment rate in the nation,” said Jeff Nutting, a demographer with the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, a regional planning group.



Yes, this is the kind of waste that the "creative destruction" of capitalism brings.