The Fast Track PILOT ordinance pitched by Duggan and council members would offer property tax cuts to developers based on rent prices.
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Posted inHealth and Welfare
Focus: HOPE expands senior food program to 5 more Michigan counties
The Detroit-based nonprofit is expanding its Food for Seniors Program to five counties: Huron, Sanilac, St. Clair, Lapeer and Tuscola.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
‘Peak numbers of refugees’: Metro Detroit agencies prepare to help resettle families
Finding available and affordable housing options for refugees coming to Michigan is a major hurdle for refugee resettlement agencies.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Change coming for Detroiters on water affordability program
More than 25,000 households are currently part of the City of Detroit’s Lifeline Plan. They must verify they still qualify starting Oct. 1.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Detroit advocates demand police body cam footage from fatal eviction
A coalition of housing and police accountability advocates protested the death of a man shot and killed by a bailiff during an eviction in Detroit.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Kalamazoo moms can apply to get $7,500 next year. Detroiters could be next.
Rx Kids, a program providing $7,500 to expectant mothers and families with babies, began in Flint. A year later, it’s slated to launch in Kalamazoo.
Posted inEducation
New school year brings heat, enthusiasm and new challenges
The Detroit school district is releasing students early on the first two days of the school year because temperatures are expected in the 90s both days.
Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Duggan: Want Detroit down payment assistance program to continue? Elect Harris
A Detroit program providing up to $25,000 in down payment help serves as model for a national plan Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to announce.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
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.