Detroit cut homelessness by adding $1 Billion in affordable housing across the City
Detroit is a city that does not have tents or encampments and has doubled down on not displacing or pushing out those who stayed here.
Affordable Housing Tour
Tour Segments
Tour Segment 1:
Brush Park and Cass Park
A) 124 Alfred
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Brush Park
Total Units: 54
Affordable Units: 54
Affordability Range: 30% - 60%
Developer: Bedrock
One of the first buildings completed as part of the larger City Modern development. Provides affordable senior housing for residents 55 and up in brand new units with high quality finishes. Amenities include on-site fitness center, in-unit laundry, and lounge areas.
B) Brush Park Apartments
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Brush Park
Total Units: 53
Affordable Units: 53
Affordability Range: 30% - 80% AMI
Developer: MHT Housing
Affordable units in Brush Park, one of the city's neighborhoods with significant increased housing demand. Expected completion mid-2024.
C) The Brush and The Beaubien
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Brush Park
Total Units: 124
Affordable Units: 99
Affordability Range: 30% - 80% AMI
Developer: American Community Developers
Development of an entire block with three buildings (first two completed, third one forthcoming) to provide mixed income housing in walking distance to the Little Caesars Arena & Woodward commercial corridor. Two levels of below-grade parking.
D) The Anchor @ Mariners Inn
Council District: 6
Neighborhood: Cass Corridor/District Detroit
Total Units: 44
Affordable Units: 44
Affordability Range:
Developer: Cinnaire Solutions and Mariners Inn
Permanent Supportive Housing directly across the street from Little Ceasars Arena. An additional 40-unit recovery housing facility is also part of the development. Currently under construction.
Tour Segment 2:
Piety Hill
A) Rev. Jim Holly Apartments
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Piety Hill
Total Units: 60
Affordable Units: 60
Affordability Range: 50% - 60% AMI
Developer: MHT Housing Inc.
Affordable senior housing developed in partnership with historic Little Rock Baptist Church.
B) Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Piety Hill
Total Units: 43
Affordable Units: 42
Affordability Range: 30% - 60% AMI (plus vouchers)
Developer: Full Circle Communities
Provides a place for formerly homeless and at-risk LGBTQ+ youth to live and thrive in Detroit. Was developed on 4 previously vacant DLBA parcels. Has catalyzed other investment in surrounding blocks.
C) The Claire
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Piety Hill
Total Units: 47
Affordable Units: 47
Affordability Range: 50-80% AMI
Developer: Century Partners
Renovation of a long-time blighted building just off Woodward Avenue in an area seeing a significant amount of new investment. Currently under construction.
D) Kingsley Arms/Lee Arden/Webber
Council District: 5
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Piety Hill/Virginia Park
Total Units: 131
Affordable Units: 131
Affordability Range: 50-80%AMI
Developer: Inkwell Partners
A cluster of three stunning examples of 1920s apartment buildings that sat vacant for more than a decade. With $9.57 million in low-interest loans from the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund, all three buildings are being rehabbed into affordable housing.
Tour Segment 3:
Islandview and Greater Villages
A) Parker Durand
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: Islandview Greater Villages
Total Units: 92
Affordable Units: 46
Affordability Range: 50-80% of AMI
Developer: Roxbury
Parker Durand is a Strategic Neighborhood project that has helped to transform this corner within the Islandview Greater Villages neighborhood. In addition to the affordable housing units, the development includes commercial spaces sized to encourage locally-based businesses to locate here.
B) Van Dyke Village
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: West Village
Total Units: 16
Affordable Units: 8
Affordability Range: 50-80% of AMI
Developer: Kipling Development and Woodborn Partners
The sixteen households of Van Dyke Village were almost in danger of displacement when the owner was looking to sell it as a market-rate building. The City helped find a buyer who was committed to preserving affordability. The purchase was finalized in August 2023. Rehab was supported by ARPA funds from the City and by the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund.
C) The Coe I
Council District: 5
Neighborhood: West Village
Total Units: 12
Affordable Units: 3
Affordability Range: 60% AMI
Developer: Woodborn Partners
The first completed SNF Commercial Corridor Project, The Coe opened in 2017 with a mix of 8 three-story townhomes and 4 apartment units over 2 retail bays. This project served as a proof that mixed-use new construction could make sense in the neighborhoods and paved the way for larger projects like Parker Durand.
Tour Segment 4:
CorkTown and Southwest
A) Left Field I & II
Council District: 6
Neighborhood: Corktown
Total Units: Phase I – 60; Phase II - 53
Affordable Units: Phase I – 48; Phase II - 21
Affordability Range: Phase I – 50-80% AMI; Phase II - up to 120% AMI
Developer: American Community Developers
Left Field is the first phase of housing development within Detroit’s Greater Corktown Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan. As part of Detroit’s build first strategy, residents at nearby Clement Kern Gardens (the CN target housing site) will be welcomed to move into LF’s new apartments and town homes beginning in 2024 to make way for phased demolition and redevelopment on that site.
LIHTC equity, HOME, CDBG, MSHDA Middle Housing, MEDC CRP are critical funding sources making this mixed-income development possible. Affordability will be maintained for at least 45 years.
B) The Brooke on Bagley
Council District: 6
Neighborhood: Hubbard Richard
Total Units: 78
Affordable Units: 16
Affordability Range: 80%
Developer: Woodborn Partners
The Brooke on Bagley located in the Mexicantown business district, across the street from nationally known Honey Bee Market, is a minority-led development by Woodborn Partners. The 17-million dollar development brings 75 housing units with a mix of 80% area median income & market rate units to the Southwest Detroit area. Construction is in its final stages and the ribbon-cutting is expected for May.
C) La Joya Gardens
Council District: 6
Neighborhood: Hubbard Farms
Total Units: 53
Affordable Units: 42
Affordability Range: 30-80% of AMI
Developer: Cinnaire Solutions, Southwest Detroit Business Association, Invest Detroit
La Joya Gardens is a mixed-use development slated to bring 53 residential units with 55% of the units serving tenants @ 40%-60% of median income levels. In addition, 10% of the units will be ADA compliant for residents who are physically disabled. A total of 10,000 sq. ft of the development offers commercial space leasing below market rates to bring affordability to entrepreneurs.
D) Hubbard Farms Apartments
Council District: 6
Neighborhood: Hubbard Farms
Total Units: 60
Affordable Units: 60
Affordability Range: 30-50% AMI
Developer: MiSide (fka Southwest Housing Solutions)
Hubbard Farms Apartments is a collection of three apartment buildings that serve some of the City's lowest-income residents. The developer's commitment to this area and the number of projects completed in the area are remarkable.
E) The Savannah - The Wilshire
Council District: 6
Neighborhood: Hubbard Farms
Total Units: 40
Affordable Units: 40
Affordability Range: 50-60% AMI
Developer: MiSide (fka Southwest Housing Solutions)
The Savannah and The Wilshire are two historic structures located on the same stretch of West Grand Boulevard that were preserved as affordable and rehabilitated in 2020. Developers received funding from the City and the state (tax credits) for their recent renovation.
