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The Dig

The Dig is Outlier’s deep dive on some of Detroit’s biggest issues: housing, real estate development and how we interact with and change the city’s built environment.

Posted inThe Dig

Rising evictions in Detroit fueled by ‘termination’ cases that let landlords kick out renters without reason

by Aaron Mondry July 6, 2022March 14, 2023
Posted inSystems Repair

Hundreds of demolition sites in Detroit filled with untested dirt from cemeteries

White woman with blond hair wearing white blazer and black shirt. by Kayleigh Lickliter, Detroit Documenter and Aaron Mondry June 29, 2022November 16, 2023
jeffersonian apartment building in detroit
Posted inFix this First, Housing, The Dig

With no A/C amid Detroit heat wave, Jeffersonian residents scramble for temporary housing

by Miriam Marini June 16, 2022March 14, 2023
a home owned by the detroit land bank authority
Posted inThe Dig

10 things to know about Detroit’s largest landowner

by Malak Silmi and Aaron Mondry June 15, 2022March 15, 2023
Spenser Harris outside the home he purchased from the Land Bank near University of Detroit Mercy. Photo credit: Aaron Mondry
Posted inThe Dig

Land Bank homebuyers claim Detroit’s water department misled them about missing water lines

by Aaron Mondry June 8, 2022March 14, 2023
Posted inThe Dig

Put in hotels after eviction, these Detroiters now have nowhere to go

by Aaron Mondry June 1, 2022March 15, 2023
Posted inSystems Repair

What officials are – and aren’t – doing right now to protect Detroit pedestrians

Kate Abbey-Lambertz headshot by Kate Abbey-Lambertz May 26, 2022March 15, 2023
yellow background with graphic illustrations of houses for outlier media land contract guide for detroit
Posted inHow to Detroit

How to buy a house on a land contract in Detroit

by Allie Gross May 25, 2022March 16, 2023
a "closed" sign hangs on a Detroit Public Library door
Posted inThe Dig

Tax capture has made downtown Detroit projects possible at the expense of voter preference. Will it ever sunset?

by Aaron Mondry May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Posted inThe Dig

If you’re sold a Detroit Land Bank house without water, who’s responsible?

by Noah Kincade and Aaron Mondry May 11, 2022March 15, 2023

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