eviction

A new report found in recent Detroit eviction cases, 4% of tenants had legal representation. 83% of landlords did. The report also found that tenants with representation are nearly 18 times more likely to avoid displacement.

On today's show, an update on COVID-19 tracing, the developing push for eviction rights in Detroit, plus a musical project that focuses on social justice.

Housing advocates hailed the ordinance, which had been in the works for years. They say too many Detroiters were evicted before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the vast majority didn’t have legal help.

The legislation is modeled after similar ordinances in New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

Police evicted Whitney Burney and her four children in December 2020 from a home she was renting, after her landlord claimed she was squatting on the property. Her lawsuit claims the police acted illegally and violated her rights in multiple ways.

Piles of federal cash await economically stressed Michigan renters—do they know how to get it? Also, what one Grand Rapids artist learned from listening in, and Rashaun Rucker’s new exhibition channels the surveillance and vulnerability experienced by Black men and pigeons.

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…

Detroit’s 36th district court announced a pair of significant eviction-related orders this week.The court initially said that the U.S. Centers for Disease…

After intense pressure from progressives, the CDC has announced a more limited eviction moratorium days after an earlier freeze on evictions expired.

The federal ban on evictions has expired, but people in Michigan can still get help paying their rent.The state has more than half a billion dollars…