Forgotten Harvest, the metro Detroit food rescue organization, has named a new CEO after a nationwide search. Here’s how Adrian Lewis plans to lead.
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Resources to help Detroit taxpayers avoid foreclosure. What to know.
The last day for homeowners to fully pay delinquent property taxes owed for 2020 or prior years is March 31 and the deadline to join a payment plan is March 14.
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Detroit’s eviction defense office will offer free legal help. What to know
The City of Detroit is preparing to launch a new program offering free lawyers for Detroiters facing eviction.
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Extra food aid benefits will end after February for Michigan families
A temporary boost in food aid benefits to help low-income families weather economic hardships of the pandemic is expected to end nationwide.
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Detroit may move up deadline for property tax relief program
Detroit’s Board of Review is asking the City Council to change a property tax relief program’s deadline to address timing complications.
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District Detroit project to get first loan from new fund
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan unveils a new financing tool for developers to build more affordable housing in downtown Detroit.
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EGLE awards $5.8M to redevelop contaminated sites in Detroit
Four contaminated properties in Detroit received brownfield funding from the state for cleanup
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Youth homelessness an ‘invisible crisis’ in plain sight, providers say
Detroit outreach teams serve a hard to track part of the unhoused population – young people.
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Memorial honors 31 Detroiters who died while homeless
The service in Detroit was a part of the national Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
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Several Detroit art organizations sharing in $500,000 boost
Neighborhood and community-based arts organizations across Southeast Michigan received funding as part of a Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation program to support their work.