Thousands of Michigan Tax Foreclosure Victims In Wayne County Were Bilked Out Of Surplus Funds From Tax Auctions Thousands of Michigan tax foreclosure victims can claim any profit made by the county from the tax auction. A recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling to say that owners can make a claim on proceeds from tax foreclosure […]
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Housing Nonprofit Director Zina Thomas Busted Stealing 30 Properties In Detroit And Wayne County The director of a Detroit housing nonprofit was arrested last week. Federal prosecutors accused Zina Thomas of conspiring with others to steal more than 30 properties across Wayne County, Michigan. Prosecutors say the scheme targeted low-income people facing potential tax foreclosure
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Temporary Reprieve From Tax Auction Doesn’t Solve Underlying Problem As I wrote about last October, Detroit was facing a tax foreclosure epidemic this fall with nearly 62,000 properties heading to tax foreclosure due mostly to deadbeat or absentee landlords not paying property taxes. These landlords would have forced nearly 100,000 people into homelessness. It
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Law Signed Last Week By Rick Snyder Makes It Easier for Homeowners To Avoid Tax Foreclosures Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a series of bills into law last week that will make it easier for homeowners facing tax foreclosures to negotiate payment plans with their respective counties. Two of the bills allow counties to set
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Packard Plant Auction Shows Why Former Soviet Republics Have Higher Bond Ratings Than Wayne County “You’re going to find out, if you stick around, that a lot of the people holding political power are some bizarre incompetent sons of bitches” -Detroit Political Consultant Adolph Mongo The Wayne County Treasurer’s Office handling of the Packard plant
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