For 12 days this month, the Taylor Housing Commission will open a waiting list for the popular, yet limited, housing choice voucher program.
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
Warming centers in metro Detroit: Where to find them
Here are a list of respite spots, including hours of operation, and how to access emergency shelter if someone is experiencing homelessness.
Posted inDetroit Thrive
Detroit Thrive: Is there a looming homelessness crisis?
Nushrat Rahman has the latest on changes in how the federal government funds housing programs. Plus, a list of sites where Detroiters can stay warm during the frigid temperatures.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Housing
Leland House residents face power shutoff, possible relocation
Management told residents that it would be doing everything it could to help them and that over the next few days, the city of Detroit would provide resources and support relocation.
Posted inJobs & Economic Development
Advocates prepare for homelessness crisis as feds make funding shift
Michigan homeless service providers warn of more people entering into homelessness amid changes to how the government funds housing programs.
Posted inDetroit Thrive
Food assistance continues after SNAP confusion. Here’s where to find it
Nushrat Rahman writes about ongoing food assistance efforts, a scaled-back water affordability program for Detroit, new senior housing and more.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
Food benefits are flowing again, but nonprofit response to need won’t stop
Nonprofits, large and small, have stepped up during the recent confusion around food assistance and are not stopping anytime soon.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Detroit water program can accept 5,000 households: How to apply
The Lifeline program offers a fixed monthly bill of $34 a month for income eligible households without a past due balance.
Posted inHousing
Detroit senior apartments to open at former west side HBCU site
The senior village on Meyers, set aside for residents 55 and up, is on the site of what was once Michigan’s only historically Black college and university.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Gleaners food bank announces new leader
The nonprofit has tapped Angela Moloney, who comes from the Bloomfield Hills-based Catholic Foundation of Michigan, as its next president and CEO after a national search.