An academic paper looks at the Detroit Community Benefits Ordinance, or CBO. Conclusions? It’s had mixed success. We can get beyond this if we stop thinking about public policy in the simplistic terms of “pro” or “anti” development.
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Detroit’s Proposition N, on the ballot next week, is a terrible idea for a few reasons, and Handbuilt recommends you vote no.
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Detroit’s East Warren corridor is getting some love– from the city’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund, and from entrepreneur’s attracted by a broad range of opportunity and affordable real estate.
Read moreMike Duggan wants to revisit his failed bond issue proposal to demolish derelict buildings. It’s a bad idea.
Read moreWhile managing the Detroit Land Bank housing development programs at Southwest, I’ve come across a number of scenarios in which a
Read moreIn a scenario worthy of the Duma or a small, post-colonial African republic, newly reëlected East Chicago city councilman Robert
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