Michigan first 3D printed home is in Detroit and it’s nearly done after about a year. It’s one of a handful across the country.
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.
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Detroit’s homeless hotline expands hours, plans to launch in-person services
The main hotline for people facing homelessness in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park has expanded its hours and plans to add in-person services.
Posted inHousing
From shelter to home — how one woman climbed out of homelessness
Detroit is seeing a growing number of women and families becoming homeless. Here’s why one woman went into a shelter and what it took to get out.
Posted inDetroit Thrive, Housing
Thrive: One woman’s journey out of homelessness
Nushrat Rahman unpacks complicated issues affecting the lives of Detroiters and provides resources and information to help residents thrive.
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Applications for Ann Arbor’s guaranteed income pilot open next month
Low-income entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor can apply to receive monthly cash assistance through a program to test a guaranteed income pilot.
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Highland Park City Council decides fate of Avalon Village community garden
Highland Park City Council made a decision on whether a developer should get a lot where a community garden, run by Avalon Village, grows.
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Treasured community garden in Highland Park could be uprooted in land dispute
A community garden in Highland Park is at the center of a land dispute between a developer and nonprofit Avalon Village.
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Report: Detroiters need reparations for destruction of Black Bottom, Paradise Valley
Decades after a freeway construction tore through Detroit’s Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, Black Detroiters need major investments, report says.
Posted inHousing
Legal cases to watch for Michiganders who lost property to tax foreclosure
Across Michigan, there are several lawsuits in state and federal court arguing that former property owners, not counties, deserve profits from tax foreclosure sales.
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Water shutoffs to resume next week for some Detroiters. Here’s what to know.
Seven hundred households with high balances are at risk of shutoffs if they don’t pay off their overdue bills or enter into a payment plan.