The Detroit Free Press / August 15, 2015
"Once Clark became her lawyer, even though she'd missed the deadline, he tried again. In January 2014, Clark appealed to Trott & Trott, and to the firm's client Fannie Mae, to sell Whitfield the house. To fund the deal, he enlisted the United Community Housing Coalition, a Detroit-based nonprofit organization, which agreed to pool its funds with Whitfield's money to make an offer on her behalf of $8,850, amounting to 95% of the $9,000 appraisal. There was no response, Clark said."