The historic designation ensures future owners can’t demolish the vacant building.
Malachi Barrett
Malachi Barrett is a mission-oriented reporter working to liberate information for Detroiters.
Barrett previously worked for MLive covering local news and statewide politics in Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Detroit. He was named Michigan’s 2019 Newspaper Rising Star by the Associated Press. Barrett graduated from Central Michigan University in 2016.
Barrett lives in Detroit's Pingree Park neighborhood on the eastside with his wife. He's mostly from Battle Creek, but also lived in California, Wisconsin, West Virginia, South Carolina and Japan.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Health and Welfare
Detroit redirects nearly half of housing budget to fund new department
The Department of Human, Homeless and Family Services, which will get going with $41 million from the Housing and Revitalization Department budget, takes over a variety of “people-centered issues.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Housing
Leland House move out plan isn’t final
Steven Rimmer, director of the Detroit Tenants Union, said approval hasn’t yet been granted for a city-led process to help former tenants reclaim items they left behind.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Detroit City Notebook, Housing
Scott Benson working toward ‘stable neighborhoods’ across district
BridgeDetroit is scheduling one-on-one interviews with all members of the City Council at the start of their new term to understand their priorities and governing philosophies.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook, Housing
Leland House tenants can reclaim belongings
A federal bankruptcy judge accepted a plan to temporarily restore power to the building, reclaim items and temporarily store them while Detroiters find new housing.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook
Ethics board fights ‘suppression’ of legal guidance
Board of Ethics Executive Director Christal Philips said “suppression” of the documents shows the “extreme lengths” to which the board is being prevented from being fully informed.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook
Payday for Detroit land speculator
The City Council authorized a legal settlement with Michael Kelly after he rejected two lower offers to sell land the city needs to upgrade Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook
A new design for Detroit’s old Chinatown
Midtown Detroit, Inc. Executive Director Melanie Markowicz said design elements will celebrate the cultural identity of old Chinatown without attempting to recreate it.
Posted inDetroit City Notebook
Tenant protections, land bank structure on priority list for Mary Waters
BridgeDetroit is scheduling one-on-one interviews with all members of the City Council at the start of their new term to understand their priorities and governing philosophies.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Detroit City Notebook, Political and Public Policy Information
City Council intercedes in Leland House access battle for residents
The council voted unanimously to direct the Law Department to initiate a nuisance abatement lawsuit for the Leland House property.