The Detroit Evening Report

Detroit suing blockchain-based real estate company for neglecting hundreds of properties

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Detroit officials say they've filed the "largest blight lawsuit in its history" against a blockchain-based real estate platform after it failed to maintain hundreds of residential properties in the city.

Other headlines for Thursday, July 3, 2025:

  • More than 6,000 signatures have been collected by the group Dearborn Wants Wards to change the city council from an at-large body to district-based seats.
  • The Michigan House has passed two bills that give police the ability to test for controlled substances during traffic stops.
  • AAA says it expects almost 2.5 million people in Michigan to travel this Fourth of July weekend. State officials say they are suspending roadwork at more than 100 project sites over the holiday weekend to help ease traffic congestion.

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