Mortgage lending has increased in the city of Detroit, according to a recent report, and applicants are less likely to be rejected for loans than they were a decade ago. But discrepancies still exist between Black and white borrowers, including the rate at which they're approved for mortgages.
Democratic State Reps. Cynthia Johnson and Shri Thanedar made an impassioned plea for a bill package that would create an African American reparations fund.