In the past three months, Sheffield has been keenly focused on the key issues she highlighted on the campaign trail, as well as during her inauguration: housing, youth, seniors and neighborhoods.
Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Detroit revenues slow, but city council OKs 2027 fiscal year budget
The deliberations over Mayor Mary Sheffield’s first budget proposal, totaling more than $3 billion, included a number of increases to current and new departments and initiatives hitting her priorities in her first several months of office.
Posted inHousing
Verdict could revive Detroit Thermal steam network in Lafayette Park
A Wayne County jury ruled that Detroit Thermal has the right to use public easements in Detroit’s Lafayette Park.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Sheffield at State of the City: ‘Every neighborhood deserves investment’
“Every neighborhood deserves investment and we will tailor a plan for every community to rise higher,” Sheffield, Detroit’s 76th mayor, said from the stage Tuesday evening, March 31.
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Detroit’s Sheffield to focus on housing, safety in State of the City
The Detroit mayor is expected to outline plans on housing, public safety, education and population growth during Tuesday’s speech at Mumford High School.
Posted inHousing, Political and Public Policy Information
Sheffield order doubles proceeds for Detroit affordable housing fund
The order directs 100% of proceeds from city-owned commercial property sales toward the Affordable Housing Development and Preservation Trust Fund, which provides gap financing, low-interest loans and grants to developers to help keep units affordable.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
Detroit lags on toxic demo dirt testing, puts more protocols in place
New safeguards were first announced after a January Free Press report found neighbors of contaminated sites unaware of the risk, and environmental experts critical of the city’s dirt testing protocols.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Political and Public Policy Information
Mayor Sheffield taps Dearborn exec as Detroit’s chief health officer
Abazeed is a three-time graduate of the University of Michigan and moved to Washington, DC in 2017 to serve as a public health adviser for the National Institutes of Health.
Posted inElection 2025
Church aiding Solomon Kinloch through poverty fueled pastor to run for mayor
Triumph Church Pastor Solomon Kinloch Jr. aims to tackle poverty, if elected as Detroit’s next mayor on Nov. 4.
Posted inElection 2025
Mary Sheffield, Solomon Kinloch fight for Detroit’s future in heated mayoral debate
The hour-long debate — so far, the only televised debate ahead of the Nov. 4 general election — featured several testy exchanges between the two candidates seeking to replace outgoing Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who is running for governor as an independent in 2026.