The proposal loosens requirements on lead testing in Detroit rental properties, while increasing penalties for landlords who don’t comply....
In Islandview, older residents living in crumbling homes look for lifeboats
- STICKY
- Eleanore Catolico
- 8 October
Many older residents in Detroit's Islandview neighborhood, currently experiencing an influx of investment, have endured living in crumbling homes year after year....
Tens of thousands of overtaxed Detroit homeowners -- many of whom lost their homes to foreclosure -- are left wondering if they’ll ever get back...
Housing advocates are giving a second look to land contracts for low-income buyers in Detroit, despite their predatory history....
Detroit nonprofit Storehouse of Hope has a vision of a community land trust -- but is going broke while facing charges of negligence from a...
Single-family homes, complete with yards and driveways, are ubiquitous in Detroit -- but an urban policy expert poses that the city should consider alternative housing...
Instead of raising rates or simply continuing to subsidize rents for its low- to moderate-income renters, Southwest Solutions came up with another approach: sell the...
During his tenure, Ben Carson has continually tried to diminish HUD -- but to little effect in Detroit....
Can a neighborhood tackle two of Detroit's biggest problems — shrinking population and chronic disinvestment — by giving people cash to live there?...
The rare waitlist opening underscores the incredible need for affordable housing in the city, which the public housing authority is not equipped to match....
