Part 1: Novi officials are living it up at taxpayers’ expense
Novi officials use the public’s credit card for limos, swanky dinners, wine, beer parties, pricey gifts, massages and movie and theater tickets.
Detroit jumps gun on Pistons moving to Detroit with $34M tax subsidy
Mayor Duggan showed no respect for Detroit taxpayers by announcing the Pistons deal before gathering input during mandatory public hearings to see if residents want to spend the money.
Mayor Duggan’s DDA shuns public on Pistons’ move to downtown Detroit
Taxpayers could be on the hook again for another sports arena, and city officials are refusing to discuss it, choosing closed-door meetings instead.
M-1 officials decline to discuss funding problems; taxpayers on the hook
Taxpayers are being asked to pay for the operations of the M-1 streetcars, but rail officials refuse to discuss escalating costs.
Detroit taxpayers bilked out of $500,000+ for severances to silence a scandal
To avoid another scandal, a Detroit agency used $500,000+ intended for streetlights to pay off whistleblowers and the accused employees.
Wayne County begins foreclosure process on a whopping 80,000 properties
One of every five Detroit properties in Detroit are in the process of foreclosure under an unprecedented effort by Wayne County to take possession of every property that is three or more years behind in taxes.
Arsonist strikes another Heidelberg Project house as fundraising continues
Investigators believe someone fire-bombed the Birthday Cake House on Heidelberg Street.
25 bargains, busts in tax-foreclosure auction in Detroit
On Thursday, bidding began on most of the more than 20,000 Detroit properties that ended up in the Wayne County Tax Auction this year because of delinquent taxes.
3 Heidelberg Project properties are up for auction because of tax delinquencies
Losing the three properties could break up significant sections of the project.
9 employees make 6-figure salaries at fast-growing Detroit Land Bank
Check out the full list of salaried employees at the Detroit Land Bank.