Billionaire Owner of Losing Sports Team Wants More Handouts
Yesterday, the Detroit City Council deferred a vote to lavish public subsidies on a new project of the healthcare industrial
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Study: Detroit CBO Is Not Quite There Yet
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: Vote No On Proposition N
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 Far East: The Warren Corridor is Headed For A Makeover
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 MoreStuck In A Fiscal Hole? Just Borrow Against The Future, Says Detroit’s Mayor
Mike Duggan wants to revisit his failed bond issue proposal to demolish derelict buildings. It’s a bad idea.
Read MoreThe ADU as Community Development Tool?
While managing the Detroit Land Bank housing development programs at Southwest, I’ve come across a number of scenarios in which a
Read MoreThat Dude Who Voted No On My Zoning Proposal Is Now In Jail And Schadenfreude Is Real
In a scenario worthy of the Duma or a small, post-colonial African republic, newly reëlected East Chicago city councilman Robert
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