A Citywide Home Repair Task Force partnered with Data Driven Detroit over the last year to document the efforts of more than 30 organizations that completed 3,058 home repair interventions in 2024.
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Judge OKs plan that would allow Leland House residents to stay
A bankruptcy Judge approved the plan, authorizing the owners of the rundown 22-story building to take out a $1.2 million short-term, high-interest-rate loan.
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Detroit unveils redevelopment project for Packard Plant site
Packard Park will create jobs, preserve history, establish new housing options and build culture and community.
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Leland House residents face power shutoff, possible relocation
Management told residents that it would be doing everything it could to help them and that over the next few days, the city of Detroit would provide resources and support relocation.
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Detroit senior apartments to open at former west side HBCU site
The senior village on Meyers, set aside for residents 55 and up, is on the site of what was once Michigan’s only historically Black college and university.
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How can Detroit repair past harms? Reparations recommendations are in
The 588-page report was shared with BridgeDetroit after it was submitted to the City Council at the end of October.
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Detroit zoning changes would cater to more housing
A public hearing will be set to consider a new set of zoning changes meant to encourage new housing built by small local developers.
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Will Kercheval housing project bring density or displacement?
The plan includes a four-story building with 48 housing units, amenities for tenants, five spaces for retail businesses, a reconfigured parking lot and a new entrance to the park.
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This reparations program helps Black metro Detroiters purchase homes
Reparation Generation, a national nonprofit, aims to help Black descendants of enslaved people in the U.S., living in metro Detroit, purchase homes.
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Sterling Heights to open housing voucher program wait list: How to apply, who qualifies
The wait list is expected to open Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. for 100 online submissions and close within an hour.