Last week’s storm knocked out power for thousands. Here’s how Michigan families receiving food assistance can get renewed benefits for spoiled food.
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
Focus: HOPE adds 43 new food distribution sites for seniors
The nonprofit Focus: HOPE is expanding the reach of its monthly Food for Seniors program as the cost of food continues to rise.
Posted inHousing
Evictions and Michigan law: What renters should know
An eviction notice lays out why a landlord wants someone to move. Here’s what Michigan law says about the process.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Resources for Detroiters behind on property taxes: What to know
A Friday resource fair will help residents learn about their current and delinquent property taxes and programs to stay housed.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Housing
Detroit court to allow virtual first hearings in eviction cases
Detroit’s 36th District Court will allow parties to appear virtually to first hearings in eviction and other landlord-tenant cases.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
‘Rationing justice’: Legal aid programs struggle to meet high demand
Legal aid programs can help low-income Michiganders untangle their housing, finance and family issues. But they have to turn people away.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Ann Arbor is launching a guaranteed income program. What that means
Ann Arbor joins the growing number of cities piloting guaranteed income programs, providing cash payments to lower income families.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
5 takeaways from the Detroit NAACP’s Freedom Walk Summit
Speakers at the first event of the Detroit NAACP’s June Jubilee series included Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw and Michael Eric Dyson. What we learned.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit NAACP to honor local, national leaders at June Jubilee events
Detroit’s NAACP will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Walk next week. Here are the local and national leaders who will get awards.
Posted inHousing
What new operators of Detroit’s homeless hotline hope to fix
After nearly a decade, a new agency will take charge of the system that serves as the main entry point for people in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park to find temporary shelter and long term housing help.