Detroit — The Detroit City Council wants the Detroit Land Bank Authority, the city's largest property owner, to undergo a forensic audit by the state of Michigan Office of the Auditor General.

The council approved a resolution Tuesday calling for the audit, which would look at financial records, property transactions and more. The measure was sponsored by Councilwoman Mary Waters, a longtime land bank critic who has raised the question of whether the authority still needs to exist.

"We continue to have all of these problems that are arising from the citizens of the city," Waters said Tuesday. "For example, the nuisance abatement program, I am still very bothered by that program, and I've asked the (state) Attorney General for an opinion, which we have not received. After a year and a ha

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