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City of Detroit breaks ground on affordable senior housing complex
The Dr. Violet T. Lewis Village apartments will be located on the former Lewis College of Business, Michigan's only historically black college and university.
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The Dr. Violet T. Lewis Village apartments will be located on the former Lewis College of Business, Michigan's only historically black college and university.
A controversial Royal Oak apartment complex will be built despite the protests of hundreds of residents.
Michigan lawmakers are considering a package of bills called the Tenant Empowerment Act that would solidify certain renter's rights in the state.
According to officials, users don't have to be a resident of the community to participate in the carshare program, which can be reserved through an app.
One reason is that renters are priced out of homeownership, while fewer homes are for sale.
The Pope Francis Center is opening a new resource in the Core City neighborhood to combat chronic homelessness.
Between 2023 and 2024, the state saw a 12.4% rental price increase, according to Rent.com.
A neighborhood-based nonprofit housing corporation is making a lot of progress with constructing its affordable housing complex at Orchard Street and Lahser Road in Detroit's Old Redford neighborhood.
Police in Michigan say a startling discovery was made on the roof of a Michigan grocery store: A woman was living inside the store sign for roughly a year.
The rent is high not just in Detroit, where, according to nonprofit Higher Ground Abodes, the city has just a quarter of the affordable homes needed, but also across the state.
Renters in Ann Arbor are reporting being slammed with excessively high fees to get in line to rent apartments.
Finding an affordable place to live in the Metro Detroit area has gotten harder.
Rents over the last two decades have risen much faster than employee pay, contributing to an escalating homelessness crisis in the U.S.
Homelessness continues to be a growing issue. We spoke with one Detroit woman who is facing homelessness, and she says she is now living in a hotel after being evicted for not paying her rent.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, along with other city and state officials, are celebrating the groundbreaking of an $18 million affordable housing project.
State health and housing officials have launched a new program to promote housing stabilization and address social determinants of health across Michigan.
The average rate for a 30-year home loan crossed the 8% threshold this week, deepening the affordability crisis for homebuyers.
Home prices have jumped so much that Americans must pay a third of their income on housing, according to one study.
Americans flocked to suburban areas during the pandemic — one of several reasons why rent increases there have outpaced urban areas.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority announced over $13 million in federal support for developing and rehabilitating affordable housing units across the state.
Michigan State University's $3.9 billion endowment fund has become the majority investor in the Fisher Building, an iconic art deco-style tower near downtown Detroit.
Construction students in Oakland County are using their skills to build up their community.
Dreamtroit will feature 76 apartment units to give everyday people a chance to live in a creative space at an affordable price.
City officials broke ground Thursday on the 86 units that will be located at the corner of Winder and Brush streets and a mile away on Second Avenue.
After months of delays, there's progress in getting a program set to help thousands facing evictions off the ground.
Brandsegg-Nygard is the first Norwegian player selected in the first round of the NHL Draft.
A hurricane warning was issued for Barbados, and a hurricane watch was in effect for St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Police arrested a suspect after a man was shot to death inside a business on Friday in Howell.
Rocket Mortgage Classic announced it will start later on Saturday due to possible rain showers in the morning.
Akshay Bhatia shot a 5-under 67 that included a free drop after his golf ball fell into a fairway drain at Detroit Golf Club.
Denise Ezell filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, saying she still has not received the money since winning on Oct. 30, 2023.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the difference between Biden and Trump "could not be clearer" following the first presidential debate of the year.
Brandsegg-Nygard is the first Norwegian player selected in the first round of the NHL Draft.
The Dearborn Heights City Council approved the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, avoiding a citywide shutdown on July 1.
A hurricane warning was issued for Barbados, and a hurricane watch was in effect for St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
American automakers are pushing back against a federal safety ruling that involves automatic emergency braking technology in new cars.
Dearborn Village Ford general sales manager Jay Sturtz says they're resorting to good old-fashioned pen and paper while they wait for CDK to come back online.
The board of General Motors approved another $6 billion share repurchase as the Detroit automaker continues to build momentum in 2024.
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain and other union leaders are under investigation by a federal court-appointed monitor, according to a court filing.
Stellantis-owned Chrysler is recalling more than 211,000 SUVs and pickup trucks in the U.S., due to a software malfunction that could disable the cars' electronic stability control systems.
Martin Mull came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," and the starring role in its spinoff, "Fernwood 2 Night."
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Alec Baldwin's attorneys say the involuntary manslaughter charge against him for the "Rust" shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins should be dismissed.
If you're a car enthusiast, the M1 Concourse in Pontiac is gearing up for a jam-packed season.
In 1999, a series about a New Jersey crime family premiered on HBO; it would change television. Series creator David Chase, and stars Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, discuss the personal and cultural impact of "The Sopranos."
Martin Mull came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," and the starring role in its spinoff, "Fernwood 2 Night."
The Supreme Court overruled a 40-year-old decision that said federal courts should defer to agencies in certain cases. Here's what it means.
CDK outage forecast to slow auto sales by 7.2% in June, pushing demand into July.
The Supreme Court's order clears the way for Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving a four-month sentence.
The FDA said its study better simulated how commercial milk processing kills the bird flu virus, H5N1.
The FDA said its study better simulated how commercial milk processing kills the bird flu virus, H5N1.
"We can serve payers very effectively from the footprint that remains," CEO Tim Wentworth says of the coming Walgreens closures.
A Rochester mother is concerned about her 16-year-old son's allergy medication after she says it arrived at their home without the equipment to keep it at a certain temperature.
A Michigan Court of Claims judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking abortion regulations including the 24-hour waiting period, "informed consent" and a ban on advanced practice clinicians providing abortion care.
Medicina Scarlett in Southwest Detroit is now offering its services in English and Spanish to bridge a gap in health care.
Brandsegg-Nygard is the first Norwegian player selected in the first round of the NHL Draft.
Akshay Bhatia shot a 5-under 67 that included a free drop after his golf ball fell into a fairway drain at Detroit Golf Club.
Detroit City FC heads back on the road this Saturday, traveling down to South Beach to face off against Miami FC.
The lawsuit against the NFL covered 2.4 million residential subscribers and 48,000 businesses who paid for the "Sunday Ticket" package of out-of-market games.
The Detroit Pistons have taken forward Bobi Klintman on Thursday in the 2024 NBA Draft after trading with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appear on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters this Sunday.
The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
The three top elected county leaders essentially run the Metro Detroit region.
U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar appears on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters and talks about the mental health crisis impacting the nation, the fallout of the war in Gaza and his re-election campaign.
Lisa Ford appears on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters and talks about Michigan Central Station, which her husband, Bill Ford, Executive Chair of Ford Motor Co., decided to bring back to life in 2018.
A slight chance of isolated storms, mostly north of I-69 and near the Michigan-Ohio border, then partly cloudy skies.
The Dearborn Heights City Council approved the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, avoiding a citywide shutdown on July 1.
This year marks the sixth year that the Detroit Golf Club hosted the Rocket Mortgage Classic, but the history of the course goes back much further than that.
Golfer Nick Bienz, who went viral for qualifying for the Rocket Mortgage Classic after drinking three beers, joined CBS News Detroit to talk about competing in the tournament.
The community said its final goodbyes to fallen Oakland County Sheriff Deputy Brad Reckling at Apostolic Church in Auburn Hills, where his visitation and funeral took place on Friday.