The land bank is granted unique powers under state law, allowing it to clear titles quickly, eliminate liens and past claims and hold property without paying taxes.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's blight removal program cut abandoned Land Bank homes from 47,000 to under 1,000, boosting property values from $4.2B to $8.8B.

Detroit has demolished roughly 27,000 abandoned houses and sold another 19,000 formerly vacant homes since Mayor Mike Duggan ...

Detroit is running out of abandoned homes. Over the past decade, thousands of abandoned homes have been salvaged and rehabilitated, providing Detroiters access to affordable housing options. While the ...

The Detroit Land Bank Authority, the city's biggest property holder tasked with getting blighted properties back on the tax rolls, is facing a proposed 52% subsidy cut from the city that its CEO said ...

The ongoing legal and social media battle between the City of Detroit and Charles E. Brooks Jr. — the owner of the unique eastside "castle" property — may be coming to a close. On Saturday, Detroit ...

DETROIT (AP) — A newspaper investigation has found that squatters occupy as many as 4,300 of the 300,000 Detroit properties owned by the city's Land Bank Authority. The Detroit Free Press reports that ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announces progress in reducing city blight, with fewer than 1,000 abandoned properties remaining.

Mayor Duggan was at the Detroit Police Department headquarters giving his final residential blight removal report, stating ...

Some housing advocates and city officials are pushing to use another tool to help address Detroit's shortage of affordable homes: community land trusts. Earlier this spring, the Detroit City Council ...

The duplexes being rehabbed are in an area north of Kercheval Avenue and west of Van Dyke, near the historic West Village and Indian Village neighborhoods, the Detroit River, Belle Isle and other ...