A proposed resolution to amend the 2017 Bridging Neighborhoods resolution is expected to be introduced to Detroit City Council for consideration in October 2026. Below is the text of the proposed resolution. UPDATE: The resolution is expected to be considered at the next Neighborhood and Community Services Standing Committee meeting of the Detroit City Council scheduled for Thursday, October 19, 2026 at 1pm.

RESOLUTION

BY COUNCIL MEMBER______________________________________________: 

WHEREAS, the Detroit City Council adopted a resolution on July 25, 2017, that, in part, authorized expenditures from the Bridging Neighborhoods Fund by Appropriation #20413, the Housing and Revitalization Department in adherence to the activities and programs identified in Exhibit A of said Resolution; and

WHEREAS, the City has moved oversight of Appropriation #20413 for the Bridging Neighborhoods Fund from the Housing and Revitalization Department to the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to continue and expand the successful Exchange-Eligible Home program part of the Bridging Neighborhoods, which has been administrated by the Housing and Revitalization Department since 2017 (See Exhibit 1), to allow duplexes and Detroit Land Bank Authority Rehabbed and Ready or similar homes to be eligible for exchange; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to expand the program objectives of the Bridging Neighborhoods Fund to include other program purposes such as home improvements, including the enhancement of indoor air quality for owner-occupied homes directly affected by the Gordie Howe International Bridge expansion to the following: (i) South of Fort Street, between the Rouge River and Clark Street; and (ii) West of Clark Street, north of Fort Street and south of I-75; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to resume the Retrofit I-75 Environmental Mitigation program and further expand the eligible area to include residents living 300 feet south of the I-75 service drive; and

WHEREAS, the collective expansion of authorized activities supports the general purpose of the Bridging Neighborhoods Fund to provide neighborhood improvements as provided in the Agreement, Joint State/City Initiatives for Health, Job Training, and Neighborhood Development between the City, the State of Michigan, and the Economic Development Corporation of the City of Detroit; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, that the Prior Resolution, Exhibit 1, is amended to add:

1. Bridging Neighborhoods Fund, by the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services, expand the Exchange-Eligible Home program to allow for additional housing types including duplexes and Detroit Land Bank Authority rehabbed homes or similar homes;
   
    

2. Bridging Neighborhoods Fund, by the Department of Human, Homeless and Family Services, will be expanded to include other program purposes such as home improvements, including the enhancement of indoor air quality for owner-occupied homes directly affected by the Gordie Howe International Bridge expansion within one of the following boundaries: (i) South of Fort Street, between the Rouge River and Clark Street; and (ii) West of Clark Street, north of Fort Street and south of I-75;
   
    

3. Bridging Neighborhoods Fund, by the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services, will resume the Retrofit Program, also known as the I-75 Environmental Mitigation program, to include 300 feet south of the I-75 service drive between Clark Street and Springwells Street;

    

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED

Bridging Neighborhoods Fund, by the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services may be used to provide support for home repair, home rehab, and property improvements in the City of Detroit as carried out through the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services;

Duties assigned to the Housing and Revitalization Department Director in Exhibit A shall be assigned to the Director of the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services.

EXHIBIT 1