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Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact – June 2025

E-Newsletter | June 12, 2025

June 2025 DNHC Newsletter Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact June is National Homeownership Month As we celebrate National Homeownership Month, we recognize the vital role homeownership plays in building strong, vibrant […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact – May 2025

E-Newsletter | May 13, 2025

May 2025 DNHC Newsletter The State of Housing in Detroit: Speculation in its impact on Detroit Neighborhoods At DFC we believe in increasing the number of asset-rich, economically accessible, and […]

Quarterly Newsletter | April 2025

E-Newsletter | April 23, 2025

Detroit Future City Newsletter | April 2025 What’s Inside: Efforts to Address Heirs’ Properties in Detroit Get Boost New Program Aims to Improve Environmental Justice in Two Lower Eastside Neighborhoods New Brief […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact – April 2025

E-Newsletter | April 11, 2025

April 2025 DNHC Newsletter Spring Forward with the Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact We hope you are enjoying the arrival of spring in Detroit. Please note that there will be no compact […]

Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact – March 2025

E-Newsletter | March 11, 2025

March 2025 DNHC Newsletter Equipping Detroit Renters: Updates and Insights on Right to Counsel Program At DFC we believe in increasing the number of asset-rich, economically accessible, and diverse neighborhoods. […]

Quarterly Newsletter | December 2024

E-Newsletter | December 23, 2024

Detroit Future City Newsletter | December 2024 What’s Inside: DFC Celebrates four outgoing board members 2024 Equity Forum Attracts Large Crowd New Guide Helps Residents Advocate Around I-375 Mortgage Data Update Highlights […]

Detroit Strategic Framework

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.
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The Field Guide to Working with Lots

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.
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The State of Economic Equity

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.
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