Since its start in 1988, Detroit Blight Busters has been known for demolishing or renovating abandoned houses, cleaning up neighborhoods and helping patrol the city's streets against arson on what was once called "Devil's Night."

Lately, following significant improvements to Detroit's blight and arson situations, the nonprofit organization and its energetic cofounder, John George, 67, have branched into large-scale affordable housing development — particularly projects involving federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits that are located near Blight Buster's headquarters in the city's northwest neighborhood of Old Redford.

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