The Detroit-based nonprofit is expanding its Food for Seniors Program to five counties: Huron, Sanilac, St. Clair, Lapeer and Tuscola.
Nushrat Rahman
Nushrat Rahman covers issues and obstacles that influence economic mobility, primarily in Detroit, for the Detroit Free Press and BridgeDetroit, as a corps member with Report for America, a national service program placing journalists in local newsrooms across the country.
Her beat includes coverage of housing, water affordability and issues important to small business owners – all areas she’s passionate about as a lifelong Detroiter. She has written for Hour Detroit, Model D and Tostada Magazine.
In 2018, Rahman was selected as one of 13 contributors for The Edit, a New York Times newsletter for college students and recent graduates. Rahman is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, where she dived into narrative and investigative reporting, and Wayne State University.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
‘Peak numbers of refugees’: Metro Detroit agencies prepare to help resettle families
Finding available and affordable housing options for refugees coming to Michigan is a major hurdle for refugee resettlement agencies.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Change coming for Detroiters on water affordability program
More than 25,000 households are currently part of the City of Detroit’s Lifeline Plan. They must verify they still qualify starting Oct. 1.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Detroit advocates demand police body cam footage from fatal eviction
A coalition of housing and police accountability advocates protested the death of a man shot and killed by a bailiff during an eviction in Detroit.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Kalamazoo moms can apply to get $7,500 next year. Detroiters could be next.
Rx Kids, a program providing $7,500 to expectant mothers and families with babies, began in Flint. A year later, it’s slated to launch in Kalamazoo.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Housing
Detroiters share frustrations over ‘fragmented’ system for housing help
Panelists of BridgeDetroit’s Community Conversation on housing and home repair urged residents to be vocal and visible about the resources they need.
Posted inHousing
Detroit releases 5-year roadmap to improve homelessness. Read the plan
Detroit needs to add more emergency shelter beds and ramp up pathways for people to get into housing, according to a plan to address homelessness.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Duggan: Want Detroit down payment assistance program to continue? Elect Harris
A Detroit program providing up to $25,000 in down payment help serves as model for a national plan Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to announce.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
Medical care for Detroit’s homeless gets half a million dollar boost
A Detroit street medicine team seeks to get medical care to a hard to reach population — the homeless. Here is how they are doing it.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Political and Public Policy Information
85% of voters approving Detroit Public Library millage
The millage, officials have said, is crucial to keeping the library’s doors open and means more money in library coffers.