Detroit Kicks Off $10 Million Plan To Clear School Routes Of Abandoned Homes from GOVERNING: State government news on politics, management & financ A bank-owned home on Detroit's east side was the first to fall Thursday as a state-funded plan to demolish hundreds of decrepit houses kicked off near J. E. Clark Preparatory Academy. www.governing.com/news/state/Detroit-Kicks-Off-10-Million-Plan-To-Clear-School-Routes-Of-Abandoned-Homes.html