As U.S. housing recovers, low incomes keep Detroit far behind
The blade | August 08, 2016
DETROIT — Ann and Oscar Mack had fallen behind on property taxes and knew they faced foreclosure on their home of 20 years. But they didn’t know their house on Maiden Street, in a blighted east side Detroit neighborhood, was already listed for auction.
No one “let us know we were about to lose our house,” Ann Mack said. “Nobody ever came out and knocked on our door.”