City of Detroit adding hundreds of affordable senior living spaces
Luz Robinson now calls the Village of Oakman Manor home. The community is one of 12 in Detroit that was developed and operated by Presbyterian Villages of Michigan, offering independent and affordable senior living.
Posted at 6:25 PM, Jul 28, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-28 18:25:04-04
DETROIT (WXYZ) â Luz Robinson now calls the Village of Oakman Manor home. The community is one of 12 in Detroit that was developed and operated by Presbyterian Villages of Michigan, offering independent and affordable senior living.
âI am on a fixed income and I like the building here, itâs very secure, very quiet, very clean and the rent is affordable, Robinson said.
Longtime planner Antoine Bryant tapped as Detroit development director
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A Brooklyn native with more than 25 years of planning experience has been nominated to serve as the next director of Detroit’s Planning & Development Department.
Mayor Mike Duggan announced Wednesday that he has selected Antoine Bryant to serve in the post following a nationwide search. The Detroit City Council is expected to vote on the nomination Tuesday.
Bryant previously served as business development and project manager for architecture firm Moody Nolan in Houston, where he worked on projects in historic African-American neighborhoods. The city notes that Bryan s career focus has been the development and social empowerment of underserved communities.
Mayor Mike Duggan appointed a new interim planning and development director from Texas.
Antoine Bryant, who comes from Houston, began serving as the interim director on Monday. Duggan nominated Bryant for the role, but the City Council will still have to officially confirm him to the position permanently. The move follows the departure of Maurice Cox, who left the position in 2019 for a similar role in Chicago.
Bryant served as a business development and project manager for Moody Nolan, an architecture firm. His experiences involve urban planning and empowering underserved communities, according to the city. We are incredibly fortunate to have someone of the national reputation that Antoine brings to lead the process of redeveloping our neighborhoods in close collaboration with residents,” Duggan said in a news release. “He has a clear commitment to and a long track record of deep community engagement and developing a vision and plan that reflects the desires of re
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City officials said the three development projects will reserve more than 160 apartments as “deeply affordable.” That means a two-person household with a total income of less than $19,000 per year would be able to live there.
Detroit is receiving $30 million in federal funding to build 840 new housing units with 500 set aside under the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s “affordable” housing guidelines in Corktown.
The city was selected by HUD as part of the Choice Neighborhoods program, and the money will toward three projects in the neighborhood, including new apartments near the Michigan Central Station on Michigan Avenue. Ford is building a new 30-acre campus in Corktown.