Mortgage denied: Black homebuyers in metro Detroit face 'lending discrimination,' experts say Detroit Future City | March 30, 2022
In this article, Faraz Javed of WXYZ Channel 7 shares that Metro Detroit is considered the nation’s mortgage capital, but even then, most Black borrowers are still getting rejected as […]
Mortgage lending in Detroit 10 times higher than 2012, racial disparities persist Detroit Future City | March 28, 2022
In this article, Arielle Kass of Crain’s Detroit Business shares that mortgage lending has increased in the city of Detroit and applicants are less likely to be rejected for loans […]
Report: Lenders still approve whites at higher rate than Black applicants in Detroit Detroit Future City | March 28, 2022
In this article, JC Reindl of Detroit Free Press shares that home mortgage approvals have been going up in the city of Detroit, but lenders still approve Black borrowers at […]
Report: Detroit Region and State Challenged by Labor and Supply Chain Issues Detroit Future City | March 24, 2022
In this article, Jake Bekemeyer of DBusiness details the release of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2022 State of the Region report release, that discusses the economic inequities persist in Detroit […]
An urgent need to grow capital access for Black-owned businesses Detroit Future City | March 21, 2022
In this article, Jaishree Drepaul-Bruder of Model D details the need for more support and access to capital funding for Black-owned and minority-owned businesses in Detroit. In partnership with Detroit […]
Real Estate Insider: Detroit planners working on industrial property survey Detroit Future City | March 15, 2022
In this article, Kirk Pinho of Crain’s Detroit Business detailed industrial construction underway in the city of Detroit and it’s industrial past. Detroit Future City and the Southwest Detroit Business […]
The DFC Strategic Framework, a shared vision for Detroit’s future, is the result of a massive, citywide public-engagement effort. It recommends a series of ideas, strategies and approaches on how to best use the city’s abundance of land, create job growth and economic prosperity, ensure vibrant neighborhoods, build an infrastructure that serves citizens at a reasonable cost, and maintain the high level of community engagement integral to the long-term revitalization of Detroit.
The Field Guide to Working with Lots is a user-friendly tool to connect Detroit residents, businesses, and institutions to resources to learn, collaborate, and better practice land stewardship in Detroit. This step-by-step guide provides readers with instructions on how to transform vacant land in their neighborhoods into 38 landscape designs ranging from installation by beginning gardeners to professional contractors. View the interactive guide now.
Detroit Future City’s (DFC) report, “The State of Economic Equity in Detroit,” illustrates the deep disparities that persist in Detroit and provides recommendations that provide a path to an economically equitable Detroit in which all Detroiters are meeting their unique needs, prospering, and fully and fairly participating in all aspects of economic life within a thriving city and region.
