June is National Homeownership Month. Celebrate with Detroit Future City!
National Homeownership Month was established in 2002. It reinforces the belief that owning a home is one of the steps towards achieving the American dream. This month also shares the joys of being a homeowner, which can encourage others to achieve the same thing.
Detroit Future City is celebrating the value that owning a home brings to families, communities, and neighborhoods across Detroit and the region. From those buying their first homes to those striving to maintain and improve their homes, Detroit Future City is supporting Detroiters in their homeownership goals.
Detroit Future City’s (DFC) work is built around two broad goals – growing Detroit’s middle class and improving the quality of life in Detroit neighborhoods. Housing markets have long been an important indicator of the economic health of a city, and understanding the housing market shift could be a powerful way to ensure more sustainable and resilient housing communities.
“Buying In: Opportunities for Increasing Homeownership in Detroit,” details comprehensive data which examines trends, challenges and solutions for increasing homeownership through mortgage lending. Read Here
“Home Sales in Detroit” and “Black Homebuyer Demand” reports examine the housing market in Detroit and the region, and provide data to help strengthen the city’s homebuying market, a primary indicator of economic health and factor in Detroiters’ opportunity to build generational wealth.
“Keeping Your Family Home” provides the reader with an understanding of the scale of heirs’ properties in Detroit and provides critical data for stakeholders to develop solutions that can help Detroiters attain legal ownership of their inherited homes. Read Here
To celebrate homeownership month and Juneteenth, DFC is inviting the community to join us for our June Neighborhood Housing Compact meeting to celebrate black liberation and wealth generation through homeownership. We invite you to join us for an engaging and interactive event that seeks to outline and ideate actions that can advance policy and advocacy for equitable housing in Detroit and the region.
During this event, DFC will explore innovative solutions to homeowners to inspire action, ideas, and partnerships to advance hosing initiatives to support wealth generation in Detroit. A panel of local leaders will join us to inspire leadership and commitment to advancing economic equity and justice though housing.
When: June 18, 2024
Where: Industry Innovation Center, 461 Burroughs St, Detroit, MI 48202
Celebrating National Homeownership Month 2024!
In partnership with Detroit Future City, National Faith Homebuyers, and MiSide, Project REACh Detroit is holding a homebuyer’s fair on Saturday, June 8th from 10am-3pm at Huntington Place! This a great resource for first-time and prospective homebuyers looking to purchase in metro-Detroit. This event’s mission was to educate homebuyers on the home buying process to help individuals and families build wealth. Guests will leave equipped with the necessary tools and resources.
When: June 8, 2024
Where: Huntington Place, 1 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
The 2024 Civil Rights Summit on Fair Housing will feature keynotes and panel discussions from some of the most notable voices in fair housing today, exploring emerging issues and helping us find our way toward real and workable solutions to housing discrimination.
When: June 12, 2024
Where: The Icon, 200 Walker St, Detroit, MI 48226
