Detroit project purchases and renovates foreclosed homes before giving them away to aspiring literary talents . First house purchased for $ 1,000 before being renovated and has been given to poet Casey Rocheteau . The city of Detroit is trying to get more creative with its vacant homes.
Detroit project purchases and renovates foreclosed homes before giving them away to aspiring literary talents . First house purchased for $ 1,000 before being renovated and has been given to poet Casey Rocheteau . The aim of the project is to fill in empty homes and boost Detroit 's burgeoning literary scene .