Detroiters would see increased job opportunities and fewer water shutoffs and home foreclosures under a series of bills to be introduced over the coming months in Detroit City Council. The so-called “People's Bills” designed to “create economic upward social mobility for Detroiters” were unveiled today in a news conference by Councilmember Mary Sheffield. Foreclosure News
A Detroit-based group of activists and university professors said the city's policy of shutting off water to those who don't pay water bills is driving residents from their homes and exacerbating the city's foreclosure crisis. The group's research, released as a published report Thursday, provides maps of Detroit showing concentrations of “thousands of families being […]
A coalition of welfare rights groups rally outside of the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department's main office at 735 W. Randolph in downtown Detroit on Friday, June 6. An 18-month project on the overlap between Detroit's water shutoff program and foreclosures in the city will culminate Thursday in the release of a report that, researchers […]