Detroit, Gilbert Family Foundation parter to help Detroiters keep family homes [Video]

The City of Detroit and the Gilbert Family Foundation announced a new partnership that will aim to help Detroiters keep their homes and maintain generational wealth.

According to the organizations, the city partnered with Neighborhood Legal Services on free estate planning workshops and free will and estate planning.

Also, the Gilbert Family Foundation is investing $1.5 million with Lakeshore Legal Aid and Michigan Legal Services to increase probate services for homeowners who are at immediate risk of tax foreclosure.

This comes after a Detroit Future Study released last month, with funding from the foundation, uncovered about $270 million in household wealth tied to homes passed down through generations without a legal transfer of property to a surviving relative.

“For most Detroiters, their home is the foundation of their family’s generational wealth,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement. “With home values rising each year in the City of Detroit, …