Detroit-Area Sheriff Asks Governor To Declare State Of Emergency, Six Month Moratorium On Foreclosure Sales

In Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit News reports:

• Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans has written a letter to Gov. Jennifer Granholm calling for a state of emergency on the foreclosure crisis in the state's largest county. Evans, a Detroit mayoral candidate, is asking Gov. Granholm to exercise an executive order for a six-month moratorium on foreclosures in Wayne County.

• "Not only is Wayne County experiencing a time of great public crisis, disaster and catastrophe, public safety is imperiled by the number of foreclosed citizens living on the street or committing crimes with the actual intent of being jailed," Evans' letter said.

Source: Sheriff Evans asks governor for moratorium on foreclosures in Wayne.