DETROIT, MI - Bidding gets underway at 9 a.m. Monday for the first of 12 homes in Detroit's East English Village neighborhood that are being auctioned off as part of a plan by Mayor Mike Duggan and the Detroit Land Bank to put people in homes and reduce blight in the city.

Bidding starts at $1,000 for 4184 Bishop, a colonial-style 3-bed, 1.5-bath home that was built in 1941. The 1,400-square-foot home is located between Mack and Outer Drive.

Bidding closes at 5 p.m., but if any bids are made within the last five minutes of the auction, it is extended an additional five minutes (which is similar to the Wayne County tax foreclosure auction).

Another 11 homes will be auctioned off over the next 11 weekdays, all with a starting bid of $1,000. The website BuildingDetroit.org has been set up to host the auction and lists details of the houses.

Winning bidders will have to pay 10 percent of the bid price within three days and the rest within 60 days for purchases under $20,000, or within 90 days is the sale is over $20,000.

Then, to keep the house, the new homeowner will have to produce a construction contract or receipts for rehabilitation materials within 30 days, and show proof of occupancy within six months.

Last month, Duggan announced that the land bank will look to seize the houses of unresponsive owners, demolish those that aren't salvageable and auction the others to bidders who have no history of owning blighted or tax-foreclosed properties.

The city targeted a neighborhood near Marygrove college, posting 79 notices for owners of blighted homes to respond or face a lawsuit and potential property seizure. The city plans to threaten another set of lawsuits in a different neighborhood every two weeks, starting in May.

MLive reporter Khalil AlHajal contributed to this report.