A Detroit City Council member is pushing for reforms to the Detroit Land Bank Authority, including a proposal to split control of the organization between the mayor’s office and the city council.

Staff with Detroit Land Bank Authority handed out deeds to 135 people who graduated from its Home Buy Back program.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority says it has reached a settlement with the federal government following allegations that some invoices were not collected for backfill dirt used in a demolition program.

Dozens of Detroiters no longer have to worry about losing their homes as 100 people were handed over their deeds Wednesday.

A Detroit homeowner is blaming the city after water filled up inside her house.

“I chose to fight the Detroit Land Bank on this because I knew I had the financial means to do so,” Curtis said. “And I knew that it would take a team of attorneys to literally and figuratively fight city hall.”

The star of HGTV’s “Rehab Addict Rescue” has won a dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home.

The city of Detroit is ramping up its Demolition Projects and getting rid of more abandoned homes throughout its neighborhoods.

Lake Orion native Nicole Curtis, who hosts Rehab Addict Rescue on HGTV, filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Land Bank Authority, claiming she owned a home on East Grand Boulevard. Curtis planned to renovate the home, but the Land Bank listed the home for sale about a month ago. In the meantime -hats off to #flint land bank😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/N86wVHErXc — Nicole Curtis (@nicolecurtis) March 20, 2021According to the Detroit Land Bank Authority, the previous homeowners lost the home in January 2017. But the Land Bank cannot legally give her the property,” Duggan said. “She can have 100 critical stories, the Land Bank is not going to break the law.

A Detroit church has gotten into the real estate business. The New Jerusalem Church in Detroits Wildemere Park neighborhood is buying up land and homes from the Detroit Land Bank Authority. It was a very influential neighborhood, Clark said. We also purchased this property, we want to refurbish it into a home for veterans.Clark said he partnered up with the land bank authority when they announced the Building Blocks Program. We look to highlight home ownership opportunities as well as educate interested buyers while promoting awareness in the community, London Scott, with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, said.