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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will reveal a sweeping new tax proposal during his keynote address at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Wednesday, May 31.

• Detroit's 36^th District court has just announced it will resume landlord-tenant cases in-person after years of online hearings which began during the pandemic
• The Office of Eviction Defense reminds tenants that a no-show in court could resul

 Individuals attending the Detroit Grand Prix June 2-4 should make note of street closures, bus reroutes and suggested parking as thousands flock to downtown Detroit.

TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS AND STREET CLOSINGS

 New Bid Opportunity 

Most City of Detroit offices will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Normal Police, Fire and Water and Sewerage services will be provided.
 

• Nearly $10M renovation of 2 vacant buildings to create 35 new units of deeply affordable housing
• Grandmont Rosedale Park Collective II made possible by Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund

• The four grant-funded projects will benefit about 100 occupied homes, reducing basement backups and street flooding in the Brightmoor neighborhood
• Funded with $3.4M and repurposing 92 DLBA parcels, the projects will manage stormwater r

• Inspection report shows buildings on E. Franklin at Riopelle are structurally unsound and pose immediate danger; emergency demolition ordered

The Detroit Demolition Department in the next week will demolish two long-vacant buildings on E.

• The Weber is now leasing, adding 44 units of affordable housing with some rents priced for families earning as little as 50% AMI
• Two additional vacant apartment buildings across the street will add another 87 affordable units when completed.