As the number of families and children facing homelessness increases, the services meant to connect people with housing help are stretched thin, overwhelmed and underfunded, area providers say.
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Detroit school principal gets to keep home in unusual title fraud settlement
Deed fraud allowed multiple owners of one Detroit home. After four years of litigation Mario Lemons has become the rightful owner of the property on West Outer Drive.
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Deaths prompt scrutiny, soul-searching as homelessness grows in Michigan
Housing and homeless aid providers call for more funding, more affordable housing following deaths of two Detroit children in parking garage
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
Detroit’s homeless referral system releases new report. What the numbers show
The safety net meant to connect vulnerable Detroiters to shelter is under scrutiny after two children appear to have frozen to death.
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New statewide program offers $25K loans for first-gen homebuyers
The $8 million pilot program, funded by the state of Michigan, is expected to help more than 320 Michigan families and individuals buy homes.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Housing
The real estate scheme gobbling up Detroit, one digital token at a time
RealT sells pieces of hundreds of Detroit rentals, often in cryptocurrency, to overseas investors. Tenants are the guinea pigs
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The Conversation: Almost half of evicted women, families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out
Due to historical and contemporary structural racism in the U.S., Black renters and their children are affected the most.
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Gorman’s will pick up furniture donations for free in metro Detroit
For the second year, Gorman’s is collecting gently used furniture and unused household items across metro Detroit for three area nonprofits.
Posted inDetroit Thrive, Housing
New program aims to help families with ‘tangled titles’ keep homes
Nushrat Rahman writes on a new pilot rolling out in the coming months to help heirs without formal estate plans keep their generational property.
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Detroit solar deal expands Perfecting Church land holdings
The City Council approved the land swap in November during its final session of 2024, giving 64 parcels to Perfecting Church in exchange for 39 church-owned parcels that will be used to house city solar energy fields.