More than $1 billion has been invested in affordable housing in #Detroit over the past five years.
Since 2019, a total of 71 multi-family housing development have been built or are currently under construction. Together, they are responsible for 4,646 units of affordable housing in the city.
Those units are a mix of 1,612 units in newly constructed apartment buildings and renovated formerly vacant buildings, as well as 3,036 existing affordable housing units in buildings that have been renovated, according to the city.
“Over the past five years, we have seen a communitywide commitment to affordable housing that is unprecedented in Detroit and, quite possibly, the country,” said Mayor Mike Duggan . “It is the reason you do not see tent cities in Detroit like you do in other places. We still have a lot of work to do, but I cannot say enough about the team that has led this work from the department of housing & revitalization, our partners on City Council, our funders and, of course, our developers for the incredible work they continue to do.”
The latest development that helped reach the $1 billion mark will provide 150 units of all-affordable housing on what is currently nearly 4 acres of vacant land between E. Jefferson and the Detroit River, at the foot of Van Dyke.
You can find a map of all affordable housing by visiting: detroitmi.gov/departments/housing-and-revitalization-department/affordable-housing/explore-affordable-housing
