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Wayne County made $18M selling Detroit properties in last year’s tax foreclosure auction

by Aaron Mondry March 15, 2023March 16, 2023

Last year, Wayne County made $18 million in profit from Detroit property sales through its tax foreclosure auction, a researcher calculated.

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Avoid foreclosure before Wayne County’s deadline: Look up your home’s tax status

by Sarah Alvarez March 10, 2023March 17, 2023

Large audience seated in a meeting hall, in front of six people on a stage seated at a table with microphones. The table is draped in black cloth with yellow text that says, “Construction Laborers’ Local 1191. www.laborersinternational.com.“

Detroit tenants are organizing and making bigger demands

by Aaron Mondry and Briana Rice, Michigan Radio March 8, 2023March 16, 2023

Person with pale skin and beard wearing a red beanie hat, glasses, wallet chain and black sweater printed with this text: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu.” He is standing next to several stacks of large storage bins in a hallway.

Flood damage, black mold, code violations plague Midtown’s Addison building

by Aaron Mondry February 22, 2023March 17, 2023

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Have property management companies gone too far in Detroit?

by Aaron Mondry February 1, 2023March 17, 2023

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Detroit developments to watch in 2023, from a historic car factory to a growing greenway

by Aaron Mondry January 4, 2023March 17, 2023

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Detroit’s biggest stories of 2022, from ARPA spending to the infamous giant slide

by Kate Abbey-Lambertz December 22, 2022March 17, 2023

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How Detroiters navigated the city’s persistent housing issues in 2022

by Aaron Mondry December 21, 2022March 17, 2023

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Meet Fiyah Angel, Detroit organizer with Rent for Moms and healing activist

by Kate Abbey-Lambertz December 15, 2022March 17, 2023

‘Bargain Block’ home flippers bet on Fitzgerald despite neighborhood’s history of failed development projects

by Aaron Mondry December 14, 2022March 17, 2023