Sobering report: 20% of Detroiters could lose homes to tax foreclosure this year
As more properties fall into foreclosure, the cycle of abandonment, arson and blight will continue.
Argument over refund at tax office in Detroit ends in quadruple shooting
Police are on the hunt for 26-year-old Angel Moore and a friend.
Photos: About 60 North End homes sell for as low as $500
Most of the properties didn’t sell during the Wayne County tax-foreclosure auction Monday.
Packard Plant fetches $21,000 bid from anonymous investor
Whoever wins the auction will inherit hefty costs, from demolition to a six-figure tax bill.
Mapping all Detroit properties? There’s an app for that
Have a cell phone camera? Play a role in shaping Detroit’s future.
Recount changes primary election results by just 9 votes
The cost to taxpayers – nearly $500,000.
Going, going, not gone! No takers in Packard auction
Now the city must make a tough decision – take possession of the property or sell it for pennies on the dollar.
Will Packard Plant see new life? Plans comes down to wire
Time is running out for a developer to transform Detroit’s symbol of industrial decline into housing, restaurants, retail space, offices and a hotel.
Bloomberg Writer: Detroit should sell artwork to more deserving city
“Great artworks shouldn’t be held hostage by a relatively unpopular museum in a declining region,” the columnist writes.
Musician Jack White keeps Detroit Masonic Temple alive with $142,000 donation
Local rocker Jack White donated $142,000 to the Detroit Masonic Temple to prevent it from going into foreclosure, the temple revealed today. In return, the world’s largest masonic temple renamed its Cathedral Theater to the “Jack White Theater,” where the local musician has played and where his mother used to be an usher. The Jack White […]