The Detroit Health Department will be headed by Dr. Suzanne White, according to an announcement issued by Mayor Duggan today. Dr. White will begin serve as the Medical Director of the Detroit Health Department, where she will report directly to Executive Director Dr. Joneigh S. Khaldun beginning in late August. Her responsibilities will include overseeing the […]
Krystal Spears had paid her rent diligently but still received an eviction notice because, unbeknownst to her, the landlord had failed to pay the property taxes on the home in southwest Detroit. The notice came nearly four years ago. It began a very stressful time for Krystal, worrying about where she and her two children […]
Born and raised Detroiter Albert Williams says he’s a fan of Mayor Mike Duggan because he thinks “he’s sticking up for the neighborhoods.” His mother Tommie Williams lives next door to her son in the Greenview neighborhood. She is more skeptical of Duggan. “We’ll see,” is all she will say. Albert and Tommie Williams are […]
Mayor Mike Duggan promises a “city for everyone.” But getting from “here” to “there” in a city that has more than 10,000 homeless and a whopping one third of residents living below the poverty level is admittedly going to be a challenging task. In order to be successful, Duggan must bridge the gap between the […]
Straight off of his widely lauded speech at the Mackinac Policy Conference in which he highlighted the need for affordable housing, Mayor Mike Duggan, Midtown Detroit representatives and local architects came together to announced a new housing project in the city with 25 percent affordable units. On Friday, Mayor Duggan announced the developers and design […]
Again emphasizing Detroit’s efforts “to build a city that includes everyone,” officials from the city, The District Detroit and Olympia Entertainment announced Friday that a new residential development will bring 686 units – including 139 affordable options – across six projects. Olympia Development of Michigan announced plans for hundreds of new affordable and market-rate rental […]
People who rent apartments, condos and other housing inside the city of Detroit will have additional protections and faster inspections thanks to a revised ordinance and other changes coming to how the city handles rental properties. The City of Detroit on Wednesday announced a tougher proposed rental ordinance as part of a sweeping citywide effort […]
Creating a Detroit that has room for everyone – especially in terms of housing – is a goal for the city’s government, its residents and, increasingly, its developers. A new example of this is the newly announced The Hamilton. Broder & Sachse Real Estate and the City of Detroit have reached an agreement to keep […]
The city is looking to strike a blow against blight with a $1.7 million deal to buy 400 units of public housing. Among the units in a proposal with the Detroit Housing Commission are 127 single-family homes, the Lee Plaza and Woodland Apartments, as part of a vision that could ultimately create more housing and […]
Nearly 10 years ago, some Detroit youth had never received a formal paycheck. That’s changing. In early July, 8,000 Detroit young people, ages 14 to their early 20s, will gain that experience when they are employed by the city through the Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program. Dierk Hall, president and CEO of City Connect Detroit, […]