[jjeaff]

My grandfather bought a $1,000 house years ago, not in the Detroit area, but a similarly blighted area.

Immediately after purchasing it, the city started fining and hounding him to get it cleaned up and up to code.

He went in to court at one point and asked the judge why he was getting all these notices when it was already the nicest house on the block.

The judge's answer was something to the effect of "oh, well they can't afford to fix it up."