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Detroit Landlords Sue The Court– For Not Evicting Tenants Fast Enough

August 16, 2021August 17, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 36th district court, affordable housing, Detroit, detroit evictions, eviction moratorium, evictions, housing security, law, lawsuit, mayor mike duggan, mike duggan

A class action lawsuit, filed today in Detroit, alleges that the 36th District Court violated the US Constitution by “depravation

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“I Thought It Would Be Worse,” said a Detroit cop of a protest last year. “I Wanted More.”

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments black lives matter, chief james craig, civil rights, CS, Detroit, detroit east side, detroit mayor mike duggan, detroit police, detroit police chief james craig, detroit police department, detroit west side, detroit will breathe, documentary, federal lawsuit, george floyd, george floyd protests, george gorman, gratiot avenue, james craig, james demps, jon talbert, kate levy, kate levy documentarian, lawsuit, less lethal bullets, litigation, mariah erard, mayor mike duggan, mcnichols rd, mike duggan, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police violence, riot control, riot gear, rosa parks transit center, rubber bullets, tear gas, todd bettison

CONTENT WARNING: The 22-minute video and the clips I’ve taken from it below include some disturbing and extremely graphic imagery,

Real Estate Policy

Study: Detroit CBO Is Not Quite There Yet

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments CAYMC, CBA, CBO, commercial development, commercial real estate, community benefits, community benefits agreement, community benefits ordinance, community development, community economic development, community engagement, community engagement strategies, community engagement strategy, corktown, corktown detroit development, detroit community benefits, detroit housing, detroit housing market, detroit local economy, detroit mayor mike duggan, duggan administration, economic development, housing, lending, mayor mike duggan, metro detroit, mike duggan, northside regeneration, paul mckee, rashida tlaib, real estate, real estate developers, St. Louis, sugar law center, sugar law center detroit, sugar law detroit

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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