The clear, straight forward answer is to look up the owner in public record.

Detroit shows what can happen when leaders put off reforming the public sector for too long.And close with:Americans in virtuous states and cities will be just as furious about their tax dollars flowing to Detroit and other distressed places as Germans are about euros going to southern Europe.

@Cameron EllisThey dont manage for the general public, only if you purchase from them.

There is not alot of primary to tertiary literature on this subject matter.Its a long discussion & not very much literature (primary to tertiary info) for the general public.

If someone asks about schools, for example, I direct them to the Durham Public Schools website.

you can get this from the public records department, Realquest.com or listsource.com

It seems like WPA-type projects would be a great idea to improve our country with some useful public projects and get people to work instead of just increasing credit card limits.

Other houses for even less, are in areas without jobs, schools, public transportation, , shopping, etc.

These are PUBLIC RECORDS from the State of Florida.

Lets assume all this is true and you have a friend who works at a company with a secret connection to HUD that is not publicly listed even though government contractors are listed publicly.