Detroiter Charles E. Brooks Jr. was sued by the Detroit Land Bank Authority for a blighted property on his nearly 1-acre castle complex on Detroit's east side. On Saturday, DPD chief Todd Bettison and ...

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 ...

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Land Bank Authority hopes to come up with a plan later this year on how to deal with homes it is trying to sell that are occupied ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's blight removal program cut abandoned Land Bank homes from 47,000 to under 1,000, boosting property ...

Police Chief Todd Bettison ordered officers to guard Charles Brooks' house after he reported threats. The Detroit home and business owner said the city turned people against him with a "diss track." ...

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 ...

This weekend, the Detroit Land Bank Authority is marking a milestone. 11 years ago, they launched a program allowing Detroit homeowners to buy vacant lots next to their home for just $100. As of this ...

In a little more than a decade, Detroit leaders figured out how to quickly take control of tens of thousands of abandoned, blighted homes, tear down, sell or rehab structures. Whole neighborhoods that ...