As pension obligations loom for Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan lays out his priorities for the City’s 2022-23 budget amid resident concerns over equitable development.
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How Detroit is spending COVID relief funds
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Will Detroit get a guaranteed basic income program?
The Detroit City Council is mulling a guaranteed basic income program through the use of American Rescue Plan Act dollars. One expert says such programs have a “huge, positive impact on the well-being of low- to middle-income households.”
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New program to help Detroit homeowners in flood-prone neighborhoods
Homeowners in 11 flood-prone Detroit neighborhoods are eligible for a new program, funded in part by pandemic relief dollars, to protect basements.
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Detroit seeks to use ARPA funds to expand gun surveillance program
Detroit seeks to use ARPA funds to expand gun surveillance program: The Duggan administration will seek City Council approval to use federal COVID-recovery aid to fund ShotSpotter, a controversial gun-surveillance technology.
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Detroit’s historic Lee Plaza gets $7M in pandemic relief dollars for senior housing
Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to use federal pandemic recovery dollars to help fund a project to turn a long vacant high-rise — the Lee Plaza on West Grand Boulevard — into senior housing.
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Keeping tabs on Detroit’s tab as it spends $826M in federal COVID aid
BridgeDetroit is tracking how the City of Detroit is spending its American Rescue Plan Act funds. Here’s a list of who, why and how much so far.
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1 in 4 Detroiters lacks internet access — will federal funds help?
Some $45 million was promised to bridge the digital divide. So why hasn’t any of it been spent on it?
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Detroiters can fight blight for $15 an hour and get job training in new $75M program
Detroiters can now apply to work for $15 an hour and get job training at the same time through a new city program.
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American Black Journal: Mental Health, Oxford Shooting, Mask Debate, American Rescue Plan Funds
On this week’s episode of American Black Journal, Host Stephen Henderson heeds experts advice on how to take care of your mental health during the holidays.
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Detroit’s home repair crisis is even bigger than experts thought
More than 1 in 10 Detroit households need major home repair, a new report from the University of Michigan finds.