A ruling from a judge Tuesday will keep some owner-occupied properties in Wayne County out of tax foreclosure through next March.

Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree said Tuesday he petitioned the 3rd  Circuit Court to not foreclose on owner-occupied homes owing back taxes from 2017 to 2019 because many taxpayers didn’t fill out applications for a statewide relief program and need more time and help.

The extension runs through March 31, 2023. That includes 1,800 owner-occupied properties that are mostly in Detroit, Sabree estimates.

“A lot of people are applying for the funds from those years and they’re either not notifying us or not sure that they’re supposed to notify us and we’re afraid that a lot of people have applied and we don’t know about (them),” Sabree said Tuesday.

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