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Detroit City Council urges moratorium on owner-occupied tax foreclosures and approves multiple contracts
Summary
The council approved a nonbinding resolution urging Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree to impose a moratorium on owner-occupied tax foreclosures; it also moved through many procurement items, approving contract amendments and waivers and postponing several items for further review.
Detroit’s City Council voted to place a nonbinding resolution in the name of the council urging Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree to issue a moratorium on property-tax foreclosures of owner-occupied homes in 2026.
The resolution was introduced as a walk-on by Councilmember Leticia Johnson and adopted with no objections recorded. Johnson framed the measure as an urgent but nonbinding request: “This is us urging the treasurer,” she said. The chair and other members noted the resolution requests that the county pause foreclosures to…
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