Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield and residents say seniors are facing poor living conditions in apartments throughout the city.
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Food rescue nonprofit seeks volunteers to collect NFL Draft donations
Metro Food Rescue anticipates rescuing enough food for as many as 30,000 meals from the NFL Draft for organizations addressing increased need.
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GM will relocate headquarters from RenCen to Detroit’s new Hudson’s building
The Hudson’s site on Woodward Avenue is the new 1.5 million-square-foot development by Bedrock, Dan Gilbert’s real estate firm.
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Money is running out for program that prevented thousands of Michigan evictions
Millions of dollars allowed legal aid organizations to deploy attorneys to help clients facing eviction. Now, that money is running out.
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Focus: HOPE offers free monthly health screenings, mammograms
Focus: HOPE is working with Wayne State Mobile Health Unit and Ascension Michigan to ramp up free access to health care services.
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Deadline to avoid property tax foreclosure in Wayne County is April 1. What to know
Wayne County taxpayers have until April 1 to pay off delinquent property taxes or get into a payment plan to avoid foreclosure.
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Michiganders can check Medicaid, food assistance benefit status via new tracker
Michiganders who want updates on their Medicaid, food assistance or other benefits application can now keep tabs through a new online tool.
Posted inHousing, Political and Public Policy Information
‘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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Detroit’s William Lambert honored on USPS Underground Railroad heroes stamps
William Lambert, who helped people escape slavery, is among the Underground Railroad heroes the U.S. Postal Service is honoring on its forever stamps.
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Expanded food options, hours for Ramadan bring community together
In the last decade there has been exponential growth in Metro Detroit in the number of late-night food options for those observing Ramadan.