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Detroit ― Aquia Winston was tired of renting her home and on Tuesday, she became the owner after completing a unique land bank-led program to claim the deed. "The help is out there you just have ...
The Detroit Land Bank Authority spent more than half a million dollars in legal expenses amid a wide-ranging federal probe of the city’s demolition program, according to records obtained by the ...
The land bank oversees Detroit’s blight elimination along with the Detroit Building Authority. More than 12,000 blighted homes have been demolished under the program since May 2014.
Read full article: Land Bank Buy Back program helps new homeowners in Metro Detroit Staff with Detroit Land Bank Authority handed out deeds to 135 people who graduated from its Home Buy Back ...
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - Over 70 more residents living in properties owned by the Detroit Land Bank became homeowners themselves on Friday after successfully completing the Occupied Buy Back program.
DETROIT – A group of Detroit residents celebrated becoming homeowners Tuesday, thanks to an innovative program at the Detroit Land Bank.. Through the program, residents were able to buy back ...
The Detroit Land Bank Authority's Side Lot Program allows property owners to buy the vacant lot next door for $100.
The land bank estimates the "side lot" program, which launched in 2014, has led to $500,000 in additional property taxes for the city of Detroit. The program lets homeowners purchase as much as ...
But today, 135 Detroiters graduated from the Detroit Land Bank buyback program. With this year's grads, 1,119 Detroiters will have become homeowners through the Buy Back program since 2016.
The Detroit Land Bank Authority has reached an agreement with the federal government to cover the cost of uncollected invoices for dirt used in a demolition program.
The program, operated through the Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA), allows residents who occupy DLBA-owned homes to purchase the property for $1,000 if they complete a year of homebuyer ...