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May 20, 2021, 11:31 PM
HGTV home rehabber Nicole Curtis has won a dispute over a dilapidated house the Detroit Land Bank Authority tried to repossess even as it repeatedly claimed its foremost goal is to ensure properties are restored to productive use.
The East Grand Boulevard house at the center of the dispute (Photo: N
A judge on Thursday sided with Curtis, whose LLC bought the 2,600 square foot house in Islandview for $17,000 in 2017.
Wayne Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Kenny noted in a ruling issued Thursday that the land bank was awarded the house in a nuisance abatement proceeding in 2016, yet it didn't record the title for more than a year after Curtis' renovation firm recorded its deed.