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New Report Addresses Biggest Obstacles to Effectively Tackling Blight

...from declining tax bases and are often forced to make the choice between blight remediation and funding services for residents. Detroit has sold bonds to help fund

Press Release

January 31, 2023

Affordable Housing Policies Must Address Affordability for the Lowest-Income Households

...as affordable. The addition of housing stock is essential to keep up with demand for housing, especially in places like Detroit where uninhabitable units are the primary

Council Briefs

February 2, 2023
Tags Affordable Housing, Attainable Housing Facilities Act, cost burden, housing, Housing Choice Voucher, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Rent burden, Rent Subsidy, Rental Housing, tenants

The Michigan Tolling Study Relies on Questionable Assumptions

...Section 129 authority. (Other tolled bridges, such as the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, the Liberty Bridge in Bay City, and the Grosse Isle Bridge are private and

Council Briefs

February 14, 2023
Tags infrastructure, Michigan, road funding, Road Usage Charge, tolling, transportation

Taking a Closer Look at Blight Foreclosure in New Orleans

...enforce blight remediation on the property being developed for a new Perfecting Church in Detroit illustrates the shallow teeth in the law. Despite the issuance of fines

Council Briefs

March 10, 2023
Tags blight, blight lien, blight remediation, code enforcement, code enforcement lien, equity, lien, local government, new orleans, property

Undergrounding Electrical Lines is an Option to Prevent Power Outages, but State Policy is Needed to Better Enable the Practice

...A DTE pilot in Detroit concluded that undergrounding an existing back-of-lot overhead line would cost three times as much as updating and hardening the line. Other cost

Council Briefs

March 29, 2023
Tags Consumers, DTE, electric utilities, infrastructure, MPSC, power outages
Sycamore trees have been pruned-back hard to reduce potential storm damage to power lines on a tree-lined neighborhood street.

State Revenue Estimates are Way Down, but Budgets Won’t Need Fixing

...grow the FY2025 budget by between $440 million to $690 million (or between 3.3 and 5.2 percent).  For perspective, last week’s consensus economic forecast suggests Detroit Consumer

Council Briefs

May 24, 2023
Tags revenue estimating conference, state budget, state revenue

Imagining an Urban Agenda for Michigan

...of water and sewer systems in ways that do not subsidize sprawl. Transportation  The impact of transportation policy on urban decline and suburban sprawl cannot be overstated.

Council Briefs

June 12, 2023
Tags economic development, local governance, local government, make it in michigan, Michigan, population growth, transportation, urban agenda

Research Council’s Work on Michigan’s Future Challenges and Opportunities Take Center Stage at 2023 Public Policy Dinner

...president of the University of Detroit Mercy. The discussion was moderated by Chuck Stokes of WXYZ-TV/Channel 7. A couple of common themes emerged from the panel. One

Council Briefs

September 29, 2023
Tags Donald Taylor, higher education, Oakland University, Ora Hirsh Pescovitz, Rose Bellanca, William Pink

Maureen McNulty Saxton

...Before that, Maureen led strategic public relations for statewide clients on behalf of a Detroit-based PR firm. She also founded and directed PR Edge, a Lansing-based public

Staff

October 9, 2023
Maureen McNulty Saxton

Lawmakers Insert Historic $1.3 Billion in Hidden Budget Earmarks.

...improve transparency and vetting by providing upfront details on sponsored earmarks and by respecting legislative rules that should prohibit these eleventh-hour earmarks. Detroit News reporter Beth LeBlanc

Podcast

October 20, 2023
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