The ongoing legal and social media battle between the City of Detroit and Charles E. Brooks Jr. — the owner of the unique eastside "castle" property — may be coming to a close. On Saturday, Detroit ...

DETROIT (AP) — A newspaper investigation has found that squatters occupy as many as 4,300 of the 300,000 Detroit properties owned by the city's Land Bank Authority. The Detroit Free Press reports that ...

The Detroit Land Bank Authority, the city's biggest property holder tasked with getting blighted properties back on the tax rolls, is facing a proposed 52% subsidy cut from the city that its CEO said ...

A scathing review of Detroit’s demolition program found that the city failed to substantiate $13 million in payments to contractors between 2017 and 2019, making it impossible to discern whether the ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The developer that owns the massive Herman Kiefer hospital ...

The land bank is granted unique powers under state law, allowing it to clear titles quickly, eliminate liens and past claims and hold property without paying taxes.

Some housing advocates and city officials are pushing to use another tool to help address Detroit's shortage of affordable homes: community land trusts. Earlier this spring, the Detroit City Council ...