I do not recall how far into the book I made it, but I am getting symptoms of annoyed disgust.

IMO: Tenant issues are the symptoms of two factors:1.

But its just a symptom of the oversupply of housing in Detroit. 

It is a virus, and just like every other virus, as long as you properly treat the symptoms and keep hydrated, you can survive it.

A declining population is just a symptom of much larger systemic underlying issues, it's not the cause.If increasing population = improving economy, than there are about 100+ countries with a higher population density than the USA, that should be theoretically thriving right now.

Free cell phones, diabetic test strips and mostly "we buy houses"... you don't buy houses, you buy trashy signs.

I had fallen ill due to complications from Diabetes, and I am just getting back into the swing of things.

Go after the root of the problem, not the symptoms and side effects.Unfortunately identifying a group of people as a clear problem and danger has always been a way to get support by wanna be leaders and dictators.

My wife's grandpa unfortunately just had his leg amputated due to complications of diabetes and therefore they will likely need to sell their home due to stairs.

I'd say it's more of a symptom than a cause.