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As a strikingly controversial project in 1941, Sojourner Truth Project set precedents for Detroit housing project policy through the next decade. Created by the Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) and United States Housing Authority (USHA), the proposed 200 units would alleviate housing shortages caused by the wartime climate of World War II.
The 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative is a large, 336 unit luxury housing cooperative in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of the near-east side of Detroit, Michigan.The building is notable for its address "1300" displayed in giant numerals on the North and South sides of the roof which are visible for miles in Detroit and Windsor.
Some have paid well over $500,000 for homes — even $1 million-plus in instances — while others pay market-rate rents that can exceed $1,800 a month for one-bedroom apartments and $2,400 for ...
The combined Brewster-Douglass Project was five city blocks long, and three city blocks wide, [5] and housed anywhere between 8,000 and 10,000 residents at its peak capacity. The Brewster-Douglass Project were built for the "working poor". The Detroit Housing Commission required an employed parent for each family before establishing tenancy.
Detroit City Council passed two major housing proposals. One ramps up affordable housing financing and another overhauls the city's rental ordinance.
The development would create 433 apartments in the old Fisher Body Plant No. 21 building.
The Jeffries Homes, also called the Jeffries Housing Projects, was a public housing project located in Detroit, Michigan, near the Lodge Freeway.It included 13 high-rises and hundreds of row house units, and was named for Detroit Recorder's Court Judge Edward J. Jeffries, Sr., who was also father of Detroit Mayor Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.
The Detroit area remains one of the top 10 metros for foreclosed and vacated homes. Its abandoned residences often become hideouts for drug users and prostitutes, and occasionally scenes of murder.