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Hearings began Thursday for thousands of homeowners behind on taxes and facing foreclosure in Wayne County, Michigan, at the Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit, according to an announcement from the Cobo Center.

Wayne County, Michigan, has begun to execute the plan county officials announced in mid-October to start tax foreclosure proceedings on approximately 75,000 distressed properties for which the owners are three years or more delinquent on property taxes.

Earlier this week, real estate developer Herb Strather withdrew his winning bid of slightly more than $3.1 million for a bundle of more than 6,000 blighted properties in Detroit, Wayne County officials announced.

An anonymous bidder offered slightly more than $3.1 million in an auction last week to buy more than 6,000 foreclosed homes in Detroit, according to Wayne County, Michigan, Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski.

Wayne County, Michigan, is launching an aggressive campaign to begin foreclosure proceedings on 75,000 residential properties whose owners are three years or more behind on paying property taxes.