Detroit Housing Commission pauses home sales as tenants struggle to qualify

A Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) initiative to sell its single-family homes to tenants has run into major snags.

The commission had hoped to close on its first 10 home sales to DHC tenants in the spring. But officials said lenders rejected more than half the prospective buyers. And some tenants say the DHC’s own administrative errors have made it harder if not impossible to qualify, and left them vulnerable to eviction…

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