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Detroit Land Bank Authority presents Q2 report; council presses on lawsuits, county transfers and demolition costs
Summary
DLBA CEO Tammy Daniels reported inventory and program metrics, including almost 1,400 occupied-buyback households reclaimed and plans for a 30-unit Longview affordable project; council members asked about ~300 active nuisance-abatement lawsuits, nearly 60,000 properties in inventory and whether Wayne County transfers leave the city bearing demolition costs.
Tammy Daniels, chief executive officer of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, told the City Council Committee of the Whole that the agencylaunched new engagement tools and recorded a busy quarter, while council members pressed the authority on litigation, county property transfers and the growing burden of demolitions.
Daniels said the land bank has used an Instagram live series called "Talking with Tammy," expanded its occupied buyback program and "helped over almost 1,400 families reclaim ownership to homes through that program." She also reported recent quarterly activity: about 101 homes sold through auction, roughly 90 sold through an "own it now" channel, an inventory just under 60,000 properties (the majority vacant land) and approximately 4,800 properties in the compliance pipeline.
The news matters because the land bank is the cityowner of last resort for many blighted properties and its inventory and program choices affect neighborhoods across Detroit. Council members sought district-level detail on unsold and salvage properties, asked whether transferred county…
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