Mortgage demand by Black Detroiters soars, yet flight to suburbs continues Detroit Future City | June 21, 2023
In this Detroit Metro Times article, Steve Neavling shares how only one in five local mortgage applications by Black homebuyers were within the city, referring to the new “Black Homebuyer […]
Report: 10 Detroit neighborhoods saw biggest increases in home sales, prices Detroit Future City | June 21, 2023
In this article, JC Reindl from Detroit Free Press shares that Detroit Future City’s new report “Home Sales in Detroit” shows big jumps in home sales prices and number of […]
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s housing market is improving, according to new report Detroit Future City | June 20, 2023
In this episode of the “Detroit Evening Report” podcast, Jerome Vaugh from WDET shares how Detroit Future City’s new report, “Home Sales in Detroit,” finds that the housing market in […]
Panel to keep young people in Michigan includes one person under 40 so far Detroit Future City | June 30, 2023
In this article, Ron French of Bridge Michigan shares how the 16 Michigan residents were named on Friday to serve on a state commission focusing on population growth, ranging from […]
Detroit Experiences Blue-Collar Boom Detroit Future City | June 9, 2023
In this Michigan Chronicle article by Andrea Plaid, the conversation surrounds Detroit witnessing a blue-collar boom. The article refers to DFC’s recent “Growth Occupations” report and says the following. According […]
Detroit task force calls for tutoring, other policies to boost Black wealth Detroit Future City | June 7, 2023
In this article, Malachi Barret from Bridge Detroit shares Council Member Scott Benson is pushing for a $3.75 million after-school tutoring program and other policy recommendations created by a task […]
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.