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Court order saves 3,400 owner-occupied homes from foreclosure in Wayne County

Homeowners can take advantage of a federally funded assistance program

By Steve Neavling
May 1, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Wayne County Treasurer, Eric Sabree, foreclosures, property taxes, Michigan Homeowner Assistance Fund, ARPA
Metro Detroit

App helps property owners in Detroit discover if they’ve been overtaxed

Between 2010 and 2016, the city overtaxed residents by at least $600M

By Steve Neavling
Feb 8, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Property taxes, Detroit, app, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, property tax assessments, foreclosures
Metro Detroit

Last-minute court order saves many homeowners from tax foreclosures in Wayne County

Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree cited the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of federal assistance

By Steve Neavling
Mar 30, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Wayne County, Detroit, foreclosures, delinquent taxes, houses, Wayne County Treasurer, Eric Sabree, Michigan Homeowners Assistance Fund
Metro Detroit

Duggan appoints foreclosure prevention advocate Oberholtzer as chief policy director

By Steve Neavling
Mar 18, 2021

Tags: Michel Oberholtzer, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, foreclosures, appointment, United Community Housing Coalition, chief policy director
Metro Detroit

Tlaib introduces $5B bill to revitalize communities impacted by COVID-19, systemic racism

By Steve Neavling
Feb 8, 2021

Tags: Rep. Tlaib, Michigan, Detroit, Congress, Neighborhoods, systemic racism, coronavirus, Michele Oberholtzer, foreclosures, United Community Housing Coalition, Detroit People’s Platform
Metro Detroit

#BlackHomesMatter advocates to call on Whitmer to compensate over-taxed Detroit homeowners

By Steve Neavling
Jan 6, 2021

Tags: Black Homes Matter, Cornel West, Rep. Tlaib, William Barber, activists, rally, property taxes, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Gov. Whitmer, foreclosures, houses
Metro Detroit

Duggan unveils plan to help homeowners over-billed by inflated tax assessments

By Steve Neavling
Oct 27, 2020

Tags: Property taxes, taxes, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, property values, foreclosures, homes, Detroit Land Bank
Michigan

Wayne County's moratorium on tax foreclosures causes collateral damage to some of Detroit’s most vulnerable

Post-moratorium

By Michele Oberholtzer
Mar 24, 2020

Tags: Views, Detroit, foreclosures, Wayne County, moratorium
Metro Detroit

Ethics board dismisses case against Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree

By Maryam Jayyousi
Jul 10, 2019

Tags: News Hits, Eric Sabree, Wayne County, Wayne County Treasurer, Ethics, Foreclosures, Jerry Paffendorf
Metro Detroit

Freep investigation ends controversial Action Before Auction program

By Steve Neavling
May 3, 2019

Tags: News Hits, Foreclosures, Wayne County, Action Before Auction, Free Press, Property taxes
The People Issue

Michele Oberholtzer helped Detroiters stave off foreclosure — now she's running for state rep

The Advocate

By Violet Ikonomova
Jul 25, 2018

Tags: The People Issue, Michele Oberholtzer, Detroit Art Week, foreclosures, Downtown Detroit
Michigan

Myth-busting the Detroit tax foreclosure crisis

Detroit is not for sale

By Michele Oberholtzer
Sep 13, 2017

Tags: Views, detroit, foreclosures, mythbusting
Metro Detroit

ACLU, NAACP sue to block Wayne County tax foreclosure auction

By Ryan Felton
Jul 13, 2016

Tags: News Hits, NAACP, ACLU, Wayne County, foreclosures
Metro Detroit

"The new treasurer has to know exactly what the fuck is going on with tax foreclosure"

By Vince Grzegorek
Nov 10, 2015

Tags: News Hits, Foreclosures, Auction, Housing
Metro Detroit

Detroit groups call for moratorium on tax foreclosures in city

By Ryan Felton
Mar 24, 2015

Tags: News Hits, detroit, city council, foreclosures, wayne county
Metro Detroit

Housing activist group in Detroit plans 'Stop the Foreclosures' rally Tuesday

By Ryan Felton
Mar 23, 2015

Tags: News Hits, foreclosures, detroit, detroit eviction defense