detroit land bank

The City of Detroit owns more than 59,000 vacant lots. The think tank Detroit Future City hopes to make some of them into parks through a new land conservancy it is creating.

In the past 12 years Detroit says it’s demolished about 27,000 vacant homes, and sold about 19,000 more to rehabbers.

Bill would allow some cities to establish their own land bank.

A Detroit program meant to lower barriers into homeownership for low-income residents is creating financial headaches for many of them. We talked to a Bridge Detroit reporter about what's going on. Also, we got our bird nerd on with some of our favorite birders.

MacDonald now faces multiple charges, including conducting a criminal enterprise. He allegedly got the dirt used for demolition backfill at no cost, and it didn’t meet environmental standards required by contract.

Councilmember Mary Waters says there's a risk the land bank is selling homes out from under residents.

On today's show, Zoe Clark gave an election day rundown and we heard about an interactive ballot. Plus, we discussed lead paint in homes and Henry Ford's political history,

In his annual address to the Detroit City Council on Thursday, Ombudsman Bruce Simpson laid out a series of recommendations, and detailed his department’s work fielding citizen complaints against various city departments.

Kevin Woods owns BBEK Environmental, a company that was sub-contracted to remove asbestos from demolished homes by the Detroit Land Bank Authority. He faces multiple criminal charges.

Today on Stateside, we talk with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell about efforts to halt the deportation of Mexican journalist and University of Michigan…