Prospects for Detroit working families ‘dimmed’ in last decade, study finds Detroit Future City | June 1, 2022
In this article, Malachi Barrett of Bridge Detroit shares how Detroit was once credited with creating the middle class, but the new Detroit Future City report, Middle Wage Jobs, suggests […]
Program to push home sales in Detroit's neighborhoods finding success Detroit Future City | April 7, 2022
In this article, Arielle Kass of Crain’s Detroit Business details the Detroit Land Bank Authority’s Rehabbed & Ready program and mentions that Detroit Future City’s ‘Buying In’ report, that presents […]
Veteran Detroit journalist John Gallagher reflects on decades of racism in mortgage lending Detroit Future City | April 5, 2022
In this article, John Gallagher of Model D details Detroit Future City’s “Buying In: Opportunities for Increasing Homeownership in Detroit Through Mortgage Lending” report findings that mortgage lending in Detroit, […]
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 […]
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.
