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A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the already financially struggling city

A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the

Highland Park, Mich., is almost entirely surrounded by Detroit, and suffered as both auto companies and people left the town.

Kevin Houston scanned the Michigan street where his fixer-upper and older homes bridge gaps between the vacant, overgrown lots and abandoned, ramshackle houses, boarded-up businesses and potholed streets of Highland Park. "Its not a bad place to live," Houston said. "Its not the best."

Detroit enclave built on auto industry struggles under $20M water debt | 2023-05-19 22:10:09

A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the already financially struggling city

The once thriving auto manufacturing town is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy because it cannot pay its bills.

Highland Park, Michigan, a former thriving auto manufacturing town, is now on the brink of bankruptcy. The town owes $20 million to regional water services.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) - Kevin Houston scanned the Michigan street where his fixer-upper and older homes bridge gaps between the vacant, overgrown lots