Owning a home has been a dream of many but too often that dream is out of reach. Now, thanks to a partnership between Quicken Loans, the City of Detroit and the United Community Housing Coalition (UCHC) 80 Detroit renters will be given an opportunity to become homeowners and help build equity in the city. […]
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 […]
The city of Detroit says it is committed to getting a handle on a rental housing market mess caused by decades of lax oversight, and will step up the use of a 30-year-old law requiring landlords to have their rental homes inspected and registered with the city. If the city follows through, it could produce large-scale […]