kate abbey-lambertz
@kabbeyl.bsky.social
product director, @outliermedia.org, detroit
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Several big takeaways from a recent hearing in the city's lawsuit against RealT:
- Tenants risk eviction if they don't get on escrow accounts soon
- RealT has a $2M unpaid water bill
- The parties reached a settlement over a previously unreported lawsuit
outliermedia.org/realt-tenant...
- Tenants risk eviction if they don't get on escrow accounts soon
- RealT has a $2M unpaid water bill
- The parties reached a settlement over a previously unreported lawsuit
outliermedia.org/realt-tenant...
RealT tenants ordered to put rent into escrow or face eviction
A judge ordered RealT tenants in Detroit to put rent into court-ordered escrow accounts or risk eviction.
outliermedia.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Several big takeaways from a recent hearing in the city's lawsuit against RealT:
- Tenants risk eviction if they don't get on escrow accounts soon
- RealT has a $2M unpaid water bill
- The parties reached a settlement over a previously unreported lawsuit
outliermedia.org/realt-tenant...
- Tenants risk eviction if they don't get on escrow accounts soon
- RealT has a $2M unpaid water bill
- The parties reached a settlement over a previously unreported lawsuit
outliermedia.org/realt-tenant...
Reposted by kate abbey-lambertz
Michigan’s ability to finalize a budget — albeit two days after the constitutional deadline — puts Lansing slightly ahead of Washington in the competence rankings.
But we wanted to focus on how the budget affects some key programs that impact many Detroiters’ lives.
But we wanted to focus on how the budget affects some key programs that impact many Detroiters’ lives.
How Michigan’s new state budget affects Detroit
Michigan finally passed a new state budget. What can Detroiters expect?
outliermedia.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Michigan’s ability to finalize a budget — albeit two days after the constitutional deadline — puts Lansing slightly ahead of Washington in the competence rankings.
But we wanted to focus on how the budget affects some key programs that impact many Detroiters’ lives.
But we wanted to focus on how the budget affects some key programs that impact many Detroiters’ lives.
Reposted by kate abbey-lambertz
In 2020, the City of Detroit filed three high-profile lawsuits targeting some of Detroit’s most notorious slumlords and speculators.
Five years later, it dropped them with no settlements, no explanation and no public announcement.
🤔 So ... what changed?
Five years later, it dropped them with no settlements, no explanation and no public announcement.
🤔 So ... what changed?
Detroit dropped slumlord lawsuits against notorious speculators
The City of Detroit quietly dropped slumlord lawsuits against Michael Kelly and Stephen Hagerman without notice or settlement.
outliermedia.org
May 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In 2020, the City of Detroit filed three high-profile lawsuits targeting some of Detroit’s most notorious slumlords and speculators.
Five years later, it dropped them with no settlements, no explanation and no public announcement.
🤔 So ... what changed?
Five years later, it dropped them with no settlements, no explanation and no public announcement.
🤔 So ... what changed?
Have seen all sorts of wild ways speculators cause harm in Detroit, but this one rly left me speechless -- buying 100s of properties without really knowing the city, anonymous investors, blight tickets, black mold and no maintenance, eviction notices -- and then you throw crypto into the mix.
Foreign investors are buying pieces of rental homes for $50. What could possibly go wrong?
For tenants? Everything. Ignored repairs, unresponsive management, eviction letters, you name it.
And yes, it’s happening here in Detroit. outliermedia.org/crypto-real-...
For tenants? Everything. Ignored repairs, unresponsive management, eviction letters, you name it.
And yes, it’s happening here in Detroit. outliermedia.org/crypto-real-...
The real estate scheme gobbling up Detroit, one digital token at a time
RealT sells pieces of hundreds of Detroit rentals, often in cryptocurrency, to overseas investors. Tenants are the guinea pigs.
outliermedia.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Have seen all sorts of wild ways speculators cause harm in Detroit, but this one rly left me speechless -- buying 100s of properties without really knowing the city, anonymous investors, blight tickets, black mold and no maintenance, eviction notices -- and then you throw crypto into the mix.
