News and Resources Detroit Future City Sets Bold Agenda to Grow Detroit’s Middle Class by 2030 Detroit Future City (DFC) recently announced its 2030 plan, doubling down on its agenda to grow Detroit’s middle class, centralizing its research, programs, advocacy, and engagement to help increase the middle-class population that once defined the city and is […]
Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact September Newsletter September Agendas Rental Work Group: Tues. September 13th | 9:00am – 10:30am Compact Updates Presentation: Tenants’ Rights Guide | Amina Khalique, Policy & Research Analyst, We the People MI Partner Updates Open the Rental Work Group Zoom meeting link by clicking here. Homeownership Work Group: Tues. September 13th | 10:45am – 12:15pm Compact […]
Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact August Newsletter August Agendas Combined Work Group: Tues. August 16th | 9:00am – 10:30am Compact Updates New Tool: Resource Library Introduction & Walkthrough Presentation: Lessons from Detroit’s Make It Home Program for Sustaining Very Low-Income Homeownership Roshanak Mehdipanah, Ph.D, MSc | UofM Poverty Solutions Partner Updates Open the Rental Work Group Zoom meeting […]
Detroit Neighborhood Housing Compact July Newsletter July Agendas Rental Work Group: Tues. July 19th | 9:00am – 10:30am Compact Updates Presentation: Carbon Monoxide as a Housing Quality Risk | Charon McNabb, National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Association & Kymberly Pashkowsky, State of Michigan Bureau of Fire Service Partner Updates Open the Rental Work Group Zoom meeting […]
News and Resources How You Can Learn More About Middle Wage Jobs Detroit Future City’s Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research, in partnership with Mass Economics, recently released a new research report, Middle Wage Jobs. The report includes discussion of what middle wage jobs are and why they matter to Detroit; analysis of trends in […]
News and Resources Efforts to Expand Open Space Take Root Detroit’s surplus of vacant land is an opportunity to transform the quality of life for Detroiters. Members of the Open Space Working Group come together bimonthly to identify best practices and discuss opportunities to transform Detroit’s 19 square miles of vacant land liability into an […]