US EditionComprehensive Look at Primary Elections in Metro Detroit Municipalities
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, JUL 18 – Detroit candidates propose expanding shelter beds and supportive housing to address a 16% rise in homelessness, emphasizing collaboration with nonprofits and schools, city data shows.
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Detroit mayoral candidates on housing and homelessness
Key points: Six mayoral candidates spoke about how they’d ramp up housing that’s affordable for Detroiters and tackle homelessness at a July 16 forum organized by local social service agencies. Homelessness increased 16% from 2023 to 2024, according to one-night counts. Earlier this year, the city’s homeless response system was under scrutiny after two children died while living unhoused in a van. Housing took center stage as mayoral candidates…
Detroit Mayoral Candidates Face Off on Housing Crisis at Packed Forum
Photo: Nic Fardella ~ WJR DETROIT, July 17, 2025 ~ At a spirited forum hosted Wednesday night at Central United Methodist Church, seven Detroit mayoral hopefuls laid out competing visions for tackling the city’s growing homelessness crisis, an issue that has surged 16% in the past year and now affects over 1,700 Detroiters on any given night. Candidates agreed that Detroit’s homelessness crisis is inseparable from its affordable housing shortag…
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- 33% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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