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GM CEO Makes BIG Out-of-Pocket Donation To Detroit Revitalization

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Detroit Blight, Detroit Habitat for Humanity, Detroit Habitat for Humanity 25th Anniversary, Video, GM CEO Dan Akerson, Dan Akerson, Detroit Impact, Habitat for Humanity, Detroit Real Estate, Habitat for Humanity Detroit, Daniel Akerson, Detroit Housing, GM CEO, Detroit Education, Detroit News

Just days before home-building charity Habitat for Humanity celebrates its 25th anniversary, the organization will launch a $25 million project to exp...

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Planning Appropriately for Our Future

Meagan Elliott | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Detroit Neighborhoods, Detroit Urban Planning, Detroit City Planning, Detroit Gentrification, Detroit Housing, Model D, Detroit Media, Detroit News
Meagan Elliott

We don't need to wait for physical displacement to happen before we address ways to make sure it doesn't. The media in Detroit has the opportunity to seize on changes happening here in order to emphasize racial and class-based diversity.

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Choice and Segregation

Thomas Costello | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Detroit History, Detroit Housing Inequality, Detroit Segregation, Detroit Racial Issues, Detroit Inequality, Detroit Housing, Detroit Schools, Rick Snyder, Detroit News
Thomas Costello

Metro Detroit's sad pattern of segregation is a direct result of government programs and public opposition to integration that is a defining part of our region's history.

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Lucas Kavner

One Man Tries To Revive Detroit Real Estate, Make Cool Stuff

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Social Media, Young Artists, Housing Market, Detroit Artists, Jerry Paffendorf, The Recessionary Arts, Detroit, Real Estate, Detroit Real Estate, Recession Arts, Detroit Housing, Culture News

This is the fourth in an occasional series examining the recession's impact on culture, The Recessionary Arts. Find out more about the series here. ...

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$1 Detroit House Sells After 19 Days

Detroit News | Ron French | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, Cheap House, Housing Crisis, $1 House, Detroit Housing, Mortgage Crisis, Detroit, Business News

DETROIT -- One dollar can get you a large soda at McDonald's, a used VHS movie at 7-Eleven or a house in Detroit. The fact that a home on the city's ...

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