Detroit Vacant Property Campaign

		Community Legal Resources 615 Griswold, Suite 1400 Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: 313.962.3171 Fax: 313.964.1192
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News Briefs 11/01/09 Saving the most salvageable neighborhoods 10/30/09 Mortgages: Fraud Watch for Homeowners 10/28/09 Artists plan to encase vacant Detroit home in ice 10/18/09 Amid Ruin Of Flint, Seeing Hope in a Garden 10/12/09 Neighbors fight blight: Persistence gets buildings removed 10/11/09 8 vacant Detroit homes burn overnight 09/29/09 Detroit's fight against vacant land gets tougher: Tax foreclosures skyrocket 09/29/09 Graphic: Vacant land problem 08/23/09 Neighborhood planners cautiously eye another D: Density 08/23/09 Affordable urban canvas: Artists scoop up cheap houses to start enclaves 08/14/09 Use vacant land to produce your own food 08/13/09 New SW Detroit Community Mapping Project Helps Design Neighborhoods of the Future 7/21/09 Community Groups Fight the Mortgage Crisis on the Home Front 6/4/09 After the foreclosure: Local communities use dollars for demolition, rehab and ownership 4/9/09 Nonprofit Strategies for 1-to-4-Unit REO Properties	WELCOME TO THE DETROIT VACANT PROPERTY CAMPAIGN! Vacant and abandoned property can threaten a community’s future, diminish its quality of life, reduce property values, and jeopardize public safety. The Detroit Vacant Property Campaign (DVPC) is developing real solutions to reduce the negative effects of vacant property. By actively building a coalition of community groups, nonprofit organizations, government officials, and business leaders, we are working to enhance the future of Detroit’s neighborhoods. The DVPC is an initiative of Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and led by Community Legal Resources (CLR). With CLR, the DVPC provides: • policy development and analysis • technical assistance • legal resources Check this out... The Michigan Foreclosure Task Force and the Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Project have put together a flyer regarding the new 90-day pre-foreclosure negotiation law set to take effect on July 5, 2009. Attention Homeowners: Having trouble paying your mortgage? FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE! Responding to the legal issues raised by DVPC, CLR's Vacant Property Legal Team created a manual emphasizing strategies for stabilizing, acquiring, and managing vacant properties. For CDCs, neighborhood associations, and residents, we hope it proves useful! VACANT PROPERTY LEGAL MANUAL New Feature!! DVPC Sample Neighborhood Reporting System Google Docs Spreadsheets