Finding available and affordable housing options for refugees coming to Michigan is a major hurdle for refugee resettlement agencies.
Housing
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Detroiters share frustrations over ‘fragmented’ system for housing help
Panelists of BridgeDetroit’s Community Conversation on housing and home repair urged residents to be vocal and visible about the resources they need.
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Detroit releases 5-year roadmap to improve homelessness. Read the plan
Detroit needs to add more emergency shelter beds and ramp up pathways for people to get into housing, according to a plan to address homelessness.
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Medical care for Detroit’s homeless gets half a million dollar boost
A Detroit street medicine team seeks to get medical care to a hard to reach population — the homeless. Here is how they are doing it.
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Detroit accepting applications for home accessibility repairs
Among the repairs covered under the program for residents with disabilities and low-income seniors are the installation of ramps, lifts and grab bars and improvements to doors, thresholds, lighting and mobility devices.
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The eviction process: What Michigan renters should know
By the end of 2023, Detroit’s 36th District Court signed more than 7,400 eviction orders.
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What happens when a court officer comes knocking during an eviction?
During an eviction, a landlord can hire a court officer to force a tenant to move. Here’s what happens when a court officer arrives at the door.
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Detroit down payment assistance program reopens. How to apply
As many of 300 more Detroiters can apply for the next round of a down payment assistance program providing up to $25,000 to help purchase a home.
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Wayne County to hold mortgage and deed fraud townhall for homeowners
The event is from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Greater Burnette Baptist Church located at 16801 Schoolcraft Road in Detroit.
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‘Change people’s lives forever’: New housing campus for homeless opens
Dignitaries attended a ribbon cutting for the $40 million Bridge Housing Campus in Detroit’s Core City for people facing chronic homelessness.