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Share 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.
Share 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
(Photo: Nancy Derringer) A judge sided with Curtis, whose business 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.
HGTV s Nicole Curtis wins dispute over Detroit home project
FILE - In this March 8, 2021 file photo, a house, in need of repair, sits along East Grand Boulevard, in Detroit. Nicole Curtis, the star of HGTV s Rehab Addict Rescue, has won a dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home. Curtis said she has spent at least $60,000 to start fixing up the home after buying it from a couple for $17,000. But the Detroit Land Bank Authority stepped forward and said it was the actual legal owner. Wayne County Judge Tim Kenny ruled in Curtis favor, saying her renovation group had recorded a title to the property before the Land Bank did, The Detroit News reported Friday. (John Greilick/Detroit News via AP)
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