evictions

Detroit’s Right to Counsel ordinance was supposed to take effect last October, ensuring that low-income residents have a lawyer when they’re facing eviction.

The report found that at the city’s current filing rate, more than 20% of tenants — 61,000 people — would face eviction this year.

As part of Detroit's recent Right to Counsel ordinance, an Office of Eviction Defense was supposed to be created by October 1. But no one's been hired to work in it.

Some Detroit city council members say landlords are getting away with evicting tenants illegally.

Applications will remain open through the end of July for those facing an eviction, and maybe longer if funding doesn't run out.

Some Detroiters have been scrambling to find a place to live after federal eviction moratorium was lifted earlier this month. The City of Detroit is offering a variety of ways to assist residents as the pandemic continues.

Michigan got more $622 million from the federal government to fight evictions, but so far the state has spent only 29% of that money.The funding could be…

State officials don't expect a big wave of evictions after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal eviction moratorium. The six members of the…

A federally funded program providing rental assistance to Michiganders is focusing on getting payments to people at the highest-risk of being evicted,…

Starting this week, Michiganders can get emergency COVID-19 rental and utility assistance through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. To be…