Detroiters have 25 days to tell city officials how to spend $413M in federal money.
Louis Aguilar
Louis Aguilar is BridgeDetroit’s senior reporter. He covered business and development for the Detroit News, and is a former reporter for the Washington Post.
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Detroit’s decade of growth has been separate and unequal, new study finds
A data-based study makes a case for major policy reform to address the widening gap between white people and African-American and Latino residents in Detroit.
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Why a successful lawyer became an advocate for Detroit neighborhood development
The city is majority Black. Real estate development is not. Chase Cantrell has a plan to change that.
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Detroit to get $440M in federal aid. Now to figure out how to spend it.
Detroit will soon receive a huge federal check, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. How and what it can be spent on, however, remains unclear.
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Corktown residents battle developer that seeks to raze historic building
Corktown residents say it’s time for a “manifesto” to save the historic architecture in Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.
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Poll: Detroiters want reparations for past housing discrimination
Poll finds two-thirds of Detroit voters want the City to pay back Detroit homeowners overcharged by property tax.
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Detroit’s housing market has been broken since 2006, study says
A new study from the University of Michigan shows how Detroit’s housing market needs major intervention. However, the study finds that the Rehabbed & Ready program is starting to make a difference.
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Detroit is getting its first Black-owned brewery
Ypsilanti-based brewing company plans to join revival underway in Detroit’s Bagley/Fitzgerald neighborhood.
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In mere days, 1,100 Detroit households apply to get property tax relief
Less than a week after Dan Gilbert announced the Detroit Tax Relief Fund — which pays off eligible Detroiters’ back property taxes — the program has already drawn a huge response.
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Dan Gilbert to pay off up to 20,000 Detroiters’ back property taxes
Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert aims to wipe out the property tax burden for low-income homeowners in Detroit.