‘No Equal Justice’ shares Detroit lawyer’s civil rights legacy
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Incoming president-elect calls on lessons learned from Detroit riot in speech to House of Delegates
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Bankruptcy protects Detroit from claims by exonerated youth, judge rules
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Newly unveiled ‘People’s Bills’ would boost hiring, combat water shutoffs in Detroit
Detroiters would see increased job opportunities and fewer water shutoffs and home foreclosures under a series of bills to be introduced over the coming months in Detroit City Council. The so-called “People's Bills” designed to “create economic upward social mobility for Detroiters” were unveiled today in a news conference by Councilmember Mary Sheffield. Foreclosure News
Detroit battles tax penalties that create city of renters
“We haven't seen this many tax foreclosures in American history since the Great Depression,” says one scholar, regarding Detroit. Yet some signs of hope are emerging. Foreclosure News
Report: Detroit Land Bank is hoarding houses
Detroit's Land Bank was established in 2011 to sell Detroit's blighted homes, which have ballooned in number following the last decade's subprime housing and tax-foreclosure crises. So far, the organization has accomplished one part of its mission, amassing tens of thousands of vacant homes. Foreclosure News
Property speculation creates chaos in Detroit housing market
A newspaper investigation has found that property speculation is causing dysfunction in Detroit's housing market and leading to blight and instability in neighborhoods. University of Michigan-Dearborn Assistant Professor Joshua Akers documents Detroit property speculation on his website Property Praxis. Foreclosure News
Detroit families to receive deeds to Land Bank homes
More than 70 Detroit residents are expected to receive deeds to their homes after completing a program designed to help stabilize city neighborhoods. The Detroit Land Bank Authority says the owners have completed its Occupied Buy Back Program which was launched in 2015. Foreclosure News
Detroit tax foreclosures fall for third straight year
After years of being ravaged by property tax foreclosures that claimed more than one in three city homes, Detroit will see fewer than 5,000 properties go to the annual Wayne County tax auction this fall. The county announced preliminary 2018 tax foreclosure numbers Friday. Foreclosure News
Detroit foreclosure buy-back expansion faces time crunch, funding uncertainty
Karen Russell, right, fills out paperwork with a United Community Housing Coalition staffer. Russell is hoping to buy the southwest Detroit home she's been renting for a year out of foreclosure through a city buy-back program. Foreclosure News