Millions of dollars allowed legal aid organizations to deploy attorneys to help clients facing eviction. Now, that money is running out.
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.
Focus: HOPE offers free monthly health screenings, mammograms
Focus: HOPE is working with Wayne State Mobile Health Unit and Ascension Michigan to ramp up free access to health care services.
Deadline to avoid property tax foreclosure in Wayne County is April 1. What to know
Wayne County taxpayers have until April 1 to pay off delinquent property taxes or get into a payment plan to avoid foreclosure.
Michiganders can check Medicaid, food assistance benefit status via new tracker
Michiganders who want updates on their Medicaid, food assistance or other benefits application can now keep tabs through a new online tool.
Thrive: Michigan mobile home residents feel ‘trapped’
Nushrat Rahman unpacks complicated issues affecting the lives of Detroiters and provides resources and information to help residents thrive.
‘We’re human beings’: Mobile home residents fight rent hikes, ‘deplorable’ conditions
Advocates say manufactured housing is quickly becoming unaffordable as private equity firms buy up parks and hike up rents.
Detroit’s William Lambert honored on USPS Underground Railroad heroes stamps
William Lambert, who helped people escape slavery, is among the Underground Railroad heroes the U.S. Postal Service is honoring on its forever stamps.
Expanded food options, hours for Ramadan bring community together
In the last decade there has been exponential growth in Metro Detroit in the number of late-night food options for those observing Ramadan.
Wayne County signs off on contract to erase medical debt for up to 300K
Wayne County is partnering with the national nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to eliminate as much as $700 million in medical debt for residents.
How Michigan households hit by August storms can apply for FEMA aid
The disaster declaration unlocks federal aid for Michiganders recovering from severe storms that hit the state last summer. Here’s how to get help.