A University of Michigan report examined how much wealth Detroit homeowners accumulated since the city’s bankruptcy and if that growth was equitable.
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Detroit seniors ‘sick’ of rental housing conditions, demand change
Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield and residents say seniors are facing poor living conditions in apartments throughout the city.
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‘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.
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‘I wanted something better:’ One Venezuelan immigrant’s harrowing journey to Detroit
Social service agencies in Detroit are ramping up efforts to help migrants when they arrive, but challenges remain.
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Home repair program, designed to help 1,000 Detroiters, has 14,000 residents on waitlist
Interest in the program illustrates an “avalanche” of need for home repair resources.
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Michigan plans big spending to insulate homes. But can it find contractors?
Making homes more energy-efficient saves money and helps combat climate change. But while Michigan is flush with cash to weatherize low-income homes, it struggles to find workers who install insulation and seal air leaks.
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Eddystone an affordable housing win for ‘vastly incomplete’ District Detroit
The highly-criticized Eddystone development offers 19 affordable apartments as the behemoth of Ilitch-holdings in District Detroit maintains a financial hold over the community.
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Michigan pandemic housing aid program will stop taking applications in December
The deadline for homeowners to apply to receive grants to help pay for delinquent mortgages, property taxes and utilities is Dec. 8. What to know.
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Brightmoor resident closes on long-awaited home, but others still wait
Two wait for deeds, one chose not to close and another expects to close this month. When the sales are completed, it will mark the end of a yearslong saga that kept renters on edge about when they would finally own the houses they’d thought of as theirs.
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Detroit’s down payment program turns 325 renters into homeowners
The city is investing $12 million to help middle-income renters cover homebuyer costs.