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Detroit committee pulls several bond-funded demolition contracts for finance and contamination review

Detroit City Council committee meeting · January 26, 2026
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Summary

Council members voted to bring back a set of bond-funded emergency demolition contracts in one week after staff flagged zero balances on a committee report and the administration confirmed changes to backfill sourcing following an investigation into contaminated dirt.

Chair Gabriela Santiago Romero and Vice Chair Denzel Anton McCampbell asked administration officials to pause action on several bond-funded emergency demolition contracts and return with clearer finance and environmental oversight details.

"It does say 0 funding," the chair said when reviewing the committee report and asked OCFO staff to explain how demolitions would be paid. Group Deputy CFO Regina Greer told the committee that residential emergency demolitions were intended to be paid from bond funding but that the committee report the staff…

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