This morning, a group of community advocates attempting to help people save their homes from foreclosure were forcibly evicted from Cobo Hall, where the “Show Cause Hearings” were being held. This year alone, 62,000 Detroit properties are in tax foreclosure in the city of Detroit, and thousands of people are […]
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It’s so much easier to prevent a law from being passed then to take it away once it is so PLEASE CALL Governor Snyder to say “Don’t sign SB 0295” It’ll take 30 seconds- (517) 373-3400 If you want to know more, read my letter to the Governor explaining why I oppose […]
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From October 1-17, The Tricycle Collective ran an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to raise money for families to buy back their homes in auction. We successfully raised $6,421, which we used to give 11 families $500 each to place the starting bid on their homes. This money ACTUALLY BOUGHT A HOME […]
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This is the story of Demitrius, Ebony, and their three children who live on Hazelridge in Detroit’s east side. They paid to buy the house when it had been in foreclosure for almost 6 months, and didn’t even know they’d been wronged. This conversation is mostly Ebony’s words, but Demitrius contributes as well, […]
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