Cocktails & Popcorn: How To Solve The Wayne County Property Tax Problem - Federal Receivership

"Oh, we are all watching you, Eric."

Eric Sabree has disqualified himself from making public comment on the property tax debt of "The Poors" for breaching the duties of his office in the administration of the public trust.

To begin, the Detroit Land Bank Authority, in conjunction with the City of Detroit, has participated in a fraudulent property tax operation which has resulted in gerrymandering and forced migration, resulting in election interference.

Yes, the Detroit Land Bank Authority has been filing quiet titles to even wipe out mortgages.

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And, for those who would like to view the actual documents to support my allegations that Eric Sabree breached the public trust, and dare I say crimes of of a bloodless war, for his failure to report these property tax fraud schemes, because the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated.

You may find multiple attestations of the geographic real property fraud schemes in PACER or here:

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/p/detroit-land-bank-authority-leaks.html

Eric Sabree does not support the Wayne County Land Bank quiet title action for "The Poors" because he knows what will be found once the proceedings commence, and it will not be pretty.

As stated, the Wayne County Land Bank is a Corporation:

The Wayne County Land Bank Corporation was formed in 2006 through an agreement between the Wayne County Treasurer and the Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority. Prior to the formation of the Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) in 2009, the WCLB held in its inventory all Wayne County properties that were neither sold at foreclosure auction nor acquired by the state, city, or county through the right of refusal process. Since the formation of the DLBA, the WCLB holds all of these unclaimed properties with the exception of those located in Detroit. Currently, the WCLB holds title to over 1,000 properties throughout Wayne County.
The mission of the WCLB is to return tax-foreclosed and abandoned properties to productive use, contribute tax revenue to Wayne County, and promote community rehabilitation across its municipalities. Three main objectives drive the WCLB’s operations:
Preserving or increasing property values throughout Wayne County by actively developing vacant, under-utilized, and blighted properties.
Engaging in economic development projects that create or preserve jobs and increase tax revenues.
Preserving real estate for public purposes, e.g. public transportation, public parks, green infrastructure, and to support humanitarian initiatives. Working with state, local, and non-profit partners to dedicate land bank properties for public use.

When I searched for the articles of incorporation, I found none because the Wayne County Land Bank Corporation never incorporated, just like the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated, which leads us right up the Michigan Attorney General of 2003, which just so happens to be Mike Cox, who is definitely a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending), where one only has to look at his record of Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare, but I digress and apologize for my episode of Post Traumatic Fraud Syndrome.

LAND BANK FAST TRACK ACT (EXCERPT)Act 258 of 2003

124.773 Intergovernmental agreements.
Sec. 23.
  (1) An authority may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Michigan economic development corporation for the joint exercise of powers and duties under this act, of the powers and duties of the authority and the Michigan economic development corporation, and for the provision of economic development services related to the activities of the authority.
  (2) An authority may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Michigan state housing development authority for the joint exercise of powers and duties under this act, of the powers and duties of the authority and the Michigan state housing development authority, and for the provision of redevelopment services related to the activities of the authority.
  (3) A county, city, qualified city, township, or village may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the state authority providing for the transfer to the authority of tax reverted property held by the county, city, township, or village, for title clearance, for the disposition of the proceeds from the sale of the property, and for other activities authorized under this act, including the return or transfer of property under the control of the authority to the county, city, township, or village. An intergovernmental agreement under this subsection may not provide for a separate legal or administrative entity to administer or execute the agreement under section 7 of the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.507.
  (4) A county foreclosing governmental unit may, with the approval of the board of commissioners for that county and, if that county has an elected county executive, with the concurrence of the elected county executive, enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the state authority providing for the exercise of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of an authority under this act and for the creation of a county authority to exercise those functions. If a county authority is created under this subsection, the treasurer of the county shall be a member of the authority board.
  (5) A qualified city may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the state authority providing for the exercise of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of an authority under this act and for the creation of a local authority to exercise those functions.
  (6) An intergovernmental agreement under subsection (4) or (5) shall provide for all of the following:
  (a) The incorporation of a county or local authority as a public body corporate.
  (b) The name of the authority.
  (c) The size of the initial governing body of the county or local authority, which shall be composed of an odd number of members.
  (d) The qualifications, method of selection, and terms of office of the initial board members.
  (e) A method for the adoption of articles of incorporation by the governing body of the county or local authority.
  (f) A method for the distribution of proceeds from the activities of the county or local authority.
  (g) A method for the dissolution of the local or county authority and for the withdrawal from the authority of any governmental agencies involved.
  (h) Any other matters considered advisable by the participating governmental agencies, consistent with this act.
  (7) If under the charter of a qualified city the qualified city collects delinquent city real property taxes and does not return the delinquent taxes to the treasurer of the county in which the qualified city is located under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, any of the following property held by the qualified city may be transferred to a local authority:
  (a) Tax delinquent real property for which a lien has been deemed sold to a city department director under the charter or ordinances of the qualified city, except for property that was deeded to a department director less than 2 years before the proposed transfer to the local authority.
  (b) Tax delinquent real property held by the city that has been foreclosed by the qualified city and for which title has vested in the city pursuant to procedures established under the charter or ordinances of the qualified city.
  (c) Any tax reverted property owned or under the control of the qualified city.
  (8) A qualified city may authorize the transfer with or without consideration of any real property or interest in real property to a local authority including, but not limited to, tax reverted property or interests in tax reverted property held or acquired after the creation of the local authority by the qualified city, with the consent of the local authority.
  (9) A qualified city and any agency or department of a qualified city, or any other official public body, may do 1 or more of the following:
  (a) Anything necessary or convenient to aid a local authority in fulfilling its purposes under this act.
  (b) Lend, grant, transfer, appropriate, or contribute funds to a local authority in furtherance of its purposes.
  (c) Lend, grant, transfer, or convey funds to a local authority that are received from the federal government or this state or from any nongovernmental entity in aid of the purposes of this act.
  (10) A local authority may reimburse advances made by a qualified city under subsection (9) or by any other person for costs eligible to be incurred by the local authority with any source of revenue available for use of the local authority under this act and enter into agreements related to these reimbursements. A reimbursement agreement under this subsection is not subject to section 305 of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2305.
  (11) A local authority may enter into agreements with the county treasurer of the county in which the qualified city is located for the collection of property taxes or the enforcement and consolidation of tax liens within that qualified city for any property or interest in property transferred to the local authority.
  (12) Unless specifically reserved or conditioned upon the approval of the governing body of a qualified city, all powers granted under this act to a local authority may be exercised by the local authority without the approval of the governing body of the qualified city, notwithstanding any charter, ordinance, or resolution to the contrary.
  (13) Prior to its effectiveness, an intergovernmental agreement under this section shall be filed with the county clerk of each county where a party to the agreement is located and with the secretary of state.
History: 2003, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2004
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties relative to land bank fast track act, 2003 PA 258, performed by Michigan strategic fund to Michigan state housing development authority, see E.R.O. No. 2013-3, compiled at MCL 125.1393.

Now, that we have established that the Wayne County Land Bank Corporation never incorporated, hence the lack of a D & B number or DLA CAGE number, we have a situation where Eric Sabree seems to understand the process of law, readily understood as my Post Traumatic Fraud Syndrome with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, because I know who he talks to in real life.

See, if Wayne County files in actions in quiet title, in rem, in the court, guess whose name is going to be the Plaintiff?

Go ahead, you can say it.

Eric Sabree.

Yes, Boys & Girls, we shall sit back and wait, with cocktails in hand, to see if Eric will allow Wayne County Corporate Counsel to file these fraudulent actions en masse.

Yes, it is a wonderful idea to apply the quiet title process to "The Poors" because it is done every single day, all the time, but it is mostly done through fake LLCs.

Eric knows about LLCs because he has one, also, which owns Wayne County properties, but I do not know if the LLC has ever executed a quiet title action because I never looked it up...yet.

I wonder if Eric is going to reach out to Butch Hollowell for legal advice.

So, here we sit, with cocktail in hand, waiting to see if Eric is going to fight with Warren Evans and the Board of Commissioners, who are now, put on notice that the world is watching to see if Corporate Counsel is going to commit fraud upon the court because there does not exist a Wayne County Land Bank Corporation and the taxes are fake, anyway.

How can Eric collect on a fraudulent debt through a commission of fraud upon the court?

I bet Eric needs an icy cocktail because DOJ is not just watching, but so is the U.S. Treasury, Department of Homeland Security and FBI.

I bet there are a few other foreign intelligence agencies watching, too.

Of course, I shall not leave everyone is mindnumbing awe of how our county government administers the debt, because it seems we may also be looking at some SEC bond issues and grant issues with SIGTARP.

Here is my solution to address property tax delinquencies and foreclosures in Wayne County:

Federal Receivership

Let the United States file the quiet title actions on behalf of the people of Detroit.

Tah dah!

#perkinscoiesucks

Debate over proposal to forgive poor Detroiters' tax debt

Wayne County is considering forgiving the delinquent tax bills of poor Detroit homeowners under a new program, but the county's chief debt collector said Thursday he's opposed to the idea and it might be illegal.

The Quiet Title Exemption Program would have low-income Detroiters give temporary ownership of their homes to the Wayne County Land Bank, which would then file a court case that would wipe away the debt and return the homes to their owners.

The Quiet Title Exemption Program would have low-income Detroiters give temporary ownership of their homes to the Wayne County Land Bank, which would then file a court case that would wipe away the debt and return the homes to their owners.

The Quiet Title Exemption Program would have low-income Detroiters give temporary ownership of their homes to the Wayne County Land Bank, which would then file a court case that would wipe away the debt and return the homes to their owners. (Photo: Joel Kurth)

But one of the main obstacles appears to be whether it is legal. The land bank's staff members said they have an opinion from county lawyers who blessed the idea, but Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree said he doesn't believe judges can erase the debt.

At a land bank board meeting Thursday, Sabree said he's consulted with attorneys, including those who work with land banks and other experts.

"Not one of them have any support for something like this," said Sabree, who chairs the land bank. "The judge cannot extinguish taxes."

The goal is to help struggling owners keep their homes, giving them a "fresh start," said Wayne County Land Bank Executive Director Daniel Rosenbaum.

Foreclosures are down 5% this year, but close to 34,000 properties are on repayment plans, according to the treasurer's office.

Low-income Detroiters who qualify don't have to pay property taxes at all, but critics have argued the yearly application process for the property tax exemption is cumbersome and many don't realize it's available. The ACLU of Michigan sued the city of Detroit over the process in 2016, arguing it was also overtaxing owners with admittedly inflated assessments.

The household income of a family of four needs to be below $26,104 to qualify for the tax break. Detroit would be the only city in the county to qualify currently because it is alone in giving a 100% poverty tax exemption.

Under the proposal, owners who currently have a tax exemption would be forgiven for past years they owe, with the county accepting that they would have qualified in the past. If approved this year, the land bank hopes to start with a group of about 80-90 homes, which officials estimated would mean erasing about $150,000 in debt. It would cost owners $500 to file the court case, called a quiet title.

The land bank board members tabled the proposal Thursday and hope to call a special meeting in the next few weeks for further discussion.

"It makes sense to me," board member Tony Saunders said.

Sabree had other concerns, arguing that other taxing jurisdictions, such as the school district and library, weren't consulted. And he questioned whether the county would have to give refunds to low-income owners who had the exemption but were able to pay their past tax bills.

County Executive Warren Evans is supportive.

"We think it’s a good avenue to help some residents break the poverty cycle and keep them in their homes,” Evans said in a statement.

Rosenbaum said it's a temporary program aimed at helping homeowners until Lansing lawmakers change the law to allow retroactive property tax exemptions. That effort has stalled in recent years. Sabree said he's supportive of the legislation but said Thursday that he believes it has stalled because the city of Detroit hasn't weighed in.

A spokesman for Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said they were reviewing the Quiet Title Exemption Program and a possible retroactive tax exemption.

"We are committed to reducing the financial burden on these individuals in order to keep them in their homes and are working hard to develop the best solution," John Roach said in a statement.

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