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Detroit suspiciously quiet about contamination found at missile site-turned-park
Even for the city of Detroit, this level of secrecy is unusual
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Government, A.B. Ford Park, Detroit, parks, east side, Nike Missile plant, contamination, Mayor Duggan, trees
Businessman Joel Haashiim announces mayoral candidacy, vows to serve all of Detroit
‘Somebody has to stand up and do the right thing for the people of Detroit,’ the 73-year-old says
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joel Haashiim, politics, election, mayoral candidate, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Mary Sheffield, corporate welfare
The partially collapsed historic building in Eastern Market may be saved after all
Mayor Duggan’s administration said it will ‘absolutely’ consider plans to salvage the four-story structure
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Politics & Government, Real Estate, Del Bene Building, Eastern Market, historic building, preservationists, emergency demolition, Mayor Duggan, BSEED
Mary Sheffield lays out vision for a more equitable Detroit, if she runs for mayor
The Detroit City Council president reveals why she’s exploring a mayoral bid
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council, Detroit, mayor, Mayor Duggan, election, politics, progressive politics
Duggan slams new census estimates that show Detroit’s population continues to shrink
The mayor, who pegged his success on growing the Motor City’s population after decades of decline, calls the Census Bureau ‘a complete clown show’
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Census, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, population, federal funding
Detroit finally begins offering benefits to overtaxed residents
Until this week, residents had not been compensated in any way for losing their homes or paying more than they owed in property taxes
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Property taxes, overassessed property values, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Mary Sheffield
Detroit launches program to help renters become homeowners
Each applicant would receive up to $25,000 in downpayment assistance
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, houses, Mayor Duggan, American Rescue Protection Act, Downpayment Assistance Program, mortgage
Detroit stops Grosse Pointe Park foundation from demolishing building along historic land
‘They think they’re above the law,’ councilman says
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, Detroit Historic District commission, Grosse Pointe Park, Demolition, A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Center for the Performing Arts, Jefferson-Chalmers Historic Business District
Demolition begins on long-abandoned La Choy factory along Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit
The city plans to raze or redevelop about 100 vacant commercial buildings during Mayor Mike Duggan’s third term
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, La Choy, demolition, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, LaJuan Counts, Brad Dick, Joe Louis Greenway
Detroit’s Project Green Light failed to reduce violent crime, DOJ finds
The report contradicts claims by city officials
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Project Green Light, Department of Justice, surveillance, National Institute of Justice
Ethics complaint alleges improper hiring of Detroit paratransit leader
A top Detroit transportation official ‘abused his authority,’ the complainant alleges
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Transdev, Detroit Department of Transportation, paratransit, Mikel Oglesby, City of Detroit Ethics Board, George Michael Staley
Long-term unemployed Detroiters to get help landing jobs with new federal ‘Jump Start’ program
The first-of-its-kind initiative could be a model for other cities
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Labor, Mayor Duggan, ARPA, unemployment, jobs, Detroit, Gene Sterling, COVID-19
Demolition begins on another large section of Detroit’s abandoned Packard Plant
‘Every day the Packard Plant sits here in this state is a day this neighborhood cannot move forward,’ Mayor Duggan said
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Packard Plant, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, abandoned buildings, Demolition, Detroit Demolition Department, auto plant
Two beautiful, abandoned apartment buildings in Detroit are being renovated for affordable housing
Nearly an entire block in the Piety Hill neighborhood will be brought back to life
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Piety Hill, Detroit, affordable housing, apartments, Mayor Duggan, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Hazelwood Partners LLC, Detroit Housing for the Future Fund
Detroit home values rise for sixth straight year, jumping 20% in 2022
The growth suggests that demand for homes is finally rebounding following six straight decades of population loss
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, home values, property taxes, neighborhoods, homes
Ilitches want hundreds of millions of dollars in additional incentives for District Detroit
The billionaire family’s organization already received about $300 million in taxpayer funding
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Ilitch family, Olympia Development, Cass Corridor, Little Caesar's Arena, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, housing, Stephen Ross, Related Cos
Free eviction defense is getting closer to becoming a reality in Detroit
After missing a deadline to begin providing the services, Mayor Duggan’s administration announced some major developments
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Eviction, tenants, slumlords, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Office of Eviction Defense, United Community Housing Coalition
Duggan uses emergency powers to continue providing paratransit services in Detroit
Detroit was at risk of federal oversight if it didn’t find a quick solution
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, DDOT, Mayor Duggan, Detroit, paratransit services, people with disabilities
Paratransit debate fractures relationship between Detroit’s mayor and council
Duggan called the city council ‘dysfunctional’ after it rejected a contract for transportation services for people with disabilities
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Politics & Elections, Paratransit, DDOT, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, Trandev
Detroit considers moratorium on evictions, but not until thousands could lose their homes
A moratorium won’t happen until at least January because the council is going on its holiday break this week
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Right to Counsel, Detroit, Detroit City Council, evictions, apartments, eviction moratorium, Mayor Duggan
Netflix is still looking for Detroit ‘Love is Blind’ contestants
By Lee DeVito
Tigers fixing up run-down Comerica Park ahead of Opening Day with $30M investment
Royal Oak’s Hideaway has been transformed into the bar from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
By Layla McMurtrie