Artists Draw Attention to Detroit's Housing Crisis

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Detroit ice house
Detroit ice house

Though typically in the headlines for its crime rate, its astonishing unemployment, or any number of other depressing stats, not all the news out of Detroit these days is bad.

The same pillowy-soft real estate market that makes the Motor City a renter's dream, has opened the door for aspiring artists to turn some of the city's bleakest empty houses into works of art.

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