Middle-income households, those earning between $60,000 and $200,000 a year, were hit hardest by post-pandemic inflation of housing costs, food prices and interest rates on loans and mortgages.
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Cash aid program Rx Kids expanding to 3 Michigan communities April 1
On Wednesday, April 1, applications open at 9 a.m. for Rx Kids in Mount Clemens and Center Line, and in Montmorency County.
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Detroit’s $25K down payment assistance program re-opens: How to apply
The popular down payment assistance program is taking applications for its third round and will prioritize Detroiters impacted by 2023 flooding.
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Hundreds of Detroit employees could see summer wage boost
In July, about 900 city of Detroit employees could see their wages rise to $21.45 an hour, or $44,616 a year.
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A third of Detroiters live below the poverty level. Could that change?
Luke Shaefer and Benita Miller recently joined Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield’s administration as part of her push to “break the cycle of poverty.”
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Detroit lags on toxic demo dirt testing, puts more protocols in place
New safeguards were first announced after a January Free Press report found neighbors of contaminated sites unaware of the risk, and environmental experts critical of the city’s dirt testing protocols.
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Commentary: Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short‑term solutions
In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development revised how it would allocate funding through its flagship homelessness program, the Continuum of Care.
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Mayor Sheffield taps Dearborn exec as Detroit’s chief health officer
Abazeed is a three-time graduate of the University of Michigan and moved to Washington, DC in 2017 to serve as a public health adviser for the National Institutes of Health.
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Pregnant moms in U.P. can get $4,500: Who qualifies, how to apply
The program − which grew out of Flint two years ago and is funded with public and private dollars − is operating in 39 communities so far, including Detroit.
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The therapeutic benefits of storytelling for seniors | One Detroit
One Detroit’s Bill Kubota talked to a psychologist specializing in the well-being of aging Americans and a doctor and professor who’s made it her mission to bring the benefits of storytelling into her Harvard Medical School classroom.