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Detroit speculators hide their identities to avoid scrutiny — and it’s perfectly legal

This story was originally published by Outlier Media. Susan Newell remembers how her Detroit neighborhood emptied out seemingly overnight following the 2008 housing crash. Neighbors in Morningside, where she’s lived for more than 40 years, were forced out because they couldn’t pay their mortgage or tax bill. Absentee owners swooped in, bought houses for pennies […]

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