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CBS Detroit – Starting Monday the Michigan State Housing Development Authority is giving aid to landlords who have three or more tenants in the pre-trial phases of eviction through the state's Eviction Diversion Program (EDP). According to an article by the Detroit Free Press, MSHDA is taking applications from landlords in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Ingham, and Kent counties.

Before landlords had to apply through local housing agencies to get aid from the state. Now they can apply directly through MSHDA, who manages the $50 million reserved by the state for the program. Katie Ba...