Diane Hathaway (D)
The legal way to play that game was to sell the house to a trusted investor as a short sale - not an extended family member - and buy it back with a first right of refusal 3 y. later. Investor would need 3 year to hold to avoid pre-payment penalty on the mortgage. Buy it back at Fair Market Value...I doubt that values will increase that much in 3 years in Detroit. Do the same with the FL home and u ar good to go...
The real tragedy is that she and her husband was too stupid to figure this out, yet she was in charge of people’s lives.