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Black woman with curly hair in a ponytail wearing University Meadows T-shirt sits on couch with throw pillows, plants and painting on the wall in brightly-lit apartment.

Thousands of Detroiters wait for affordable housing while agency sits on hundreds of empty apartments

by Aaron Mondry May 24, 2023May 23, 2023

Thousands of low-income, disabled or older Detroiters are on waitlists while hundreds of Detroit Housing Commission apartments sit vacant.

Street lined with brick homes and parked cars. The closest home has a boarded-up door.

How does the Detroit Housing Commission’s leader explain agency failures?

by Aaron Mondry May 15, 2023

Two-story townhouses with brick and white vinyl siding are surrounded by black metal fencing, footpaths and green lawns covered in dandelions.

Answering the biggest questions about the Detroit Housing Commission

by Aaron Mondry May 3, 2023May 15, 2023

Semitruck carrying a white van on a green car trailer, speeding past a suburban-looking house.

Heavy, unregulated truck traffic is plaguing eastside residents

by Aaron Mondry and Jena Brooker April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Why the only person who voted “no” on District Detroit community benefits rejected the plan for her neighborhood

by Aaron Mondry April 4, 2023April 4, 2023

Meet Christine Burkette, now leading the charge to get more Detroiters online

by Malak Silmi March 30, 2023March 29, 2023

Dozens of people carrying handwritten protest signs and marching in a circle in front of a modern high school building — a sign above the entrance reads, “Cass Technical High School.” Three of the signs say, “3 Evils. Racism, Poverty, War. Dr. M. L. King,” “Nix NAC. The District Beggar Thief” and “We Demand Community Power.”

Does Detroit’s community benefits process need an update?

by Aaron Mondry March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

‘We got a mess’: BOPC fails to hire for key investigator position — again

by Malak Silmi March 17, 2023March 23, 2023

Aerial view of convention center at night, showing Detroit River in foreground and downtown skyscrapers in background.

Local Government

A decade of change at Huntington Place began with Detroit losing ownership

by Aaron Mondry March 1, 2023March 16, 2023

Three people sitting at a conference table in front of several TV screens and a small audience in an ornate, wood-paneled meeting room.

Detroit’s water affordability plan is not yet fully funded, despite official’s claims

by Malak Silmi February 28, 2023March 17, 2023