Keeping Detroit at Home
Can you imagine if the home that you lived in was for sale and you didn’t know about it? Can you imagine the fear of getting mail from investors or watching cars slowly drive by, taking pictures of your home and knowing you are a target? Can you imagine not knowing where to go to […]
The nights are getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, and kids are returning to school for the year. Amidst these changes comes another terrible tradition in Detroit: foreclosure season. The homes of thousands of these schoolchildren are at risk of being bought out from under them. The Wayne County tax foreclosure auction is a […]
Last week, The Moth, a nationally broadcast public storytelling series hosted by NPR, aired a story told by Michele Oberholtzer; a story about her “radicalization” process which let to the founding of the Detroit-based and women-led foreclosure prevention group, The Tricycle Collective. Thousands of people listened to that particular broadcast, and then a few of […]
Last Saturday, The Tricycle Collective took some time to celebrate the gift of home and the importance of the work that goes into preserving it by gathering for our third annual “Homelover’s Potluck.” Each of the 107 families who have received donations from this organization were invited. It was a day with a lot on […]