ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is stepping in to purchase a downtown condo after a city investigation found the owner not in compliance with an affordable housing covenant.

City Council voted unanimously Monday night, Nov. 17, to use up to $150,000 of the city’s cash reserves to purchase the 805-square-foot condo at 105 Ashley Mews, with plans to flip it to an income-eligible buyer.

The city attorney’s office investigated and found the affordable housing unit was no longer being used as a primary residence as required and the owner likely was living in Maryland.

When the townhouse-style complex off Main Street just south of William Street was developed over two decades ago, the city required eight units to be set aside as owner-occupied affordable housing and recorded covenants requiring the

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