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Resident says city claimed $10,390 from foreclosure proceeds; city attorney cites title-company review

City of Benton Harbor Commission · May 5, 2026
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Montel Hobbs told commissioners the city withheld roughly $10,390 from proceeds when his former property sold in a 2016 foreclosure auction; the city attorney said a title-company review found the mortgage remained in effect and the city would follow up with Hobbs's counsel.

Montel Hobbs used the public comment period to press the city for answers after he said the city took $10,390 from proceeds of a 2016 foreclosure sale of 815 Pickens Avenue. Hobbs said the loan originally totalled about $3,500 and should have been extinguished by the county foreclosure sale; he said he sold the house in April and then discovered the larger…

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