The Brief
- Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield announced changes that she says will make the Land Bank more responsive and easier for Detroiters to navigate.
- This includes releasing holds on 7,500 Land Bank properties across the city.
- The changes are part of the mayor’s Rise Higher transition initiative.
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield announced Monday a series of changes coming to the Detroit Land Bank.
Detroit Land Bank changes
Big picture view:
The Detroit Land Bank Authority offers Detroiters an abundance of home and land ownership opportunities. The program was designed to make buying properties in Detroit more accessible and affordable, to transform vacant and abandoned properties into community assets.
The backstory:…