The initiative, “Rehab for America: Housing Resilience for Detroit Communities,” addresses the nation’s housing affordability crisis by creating resources for and efficiencies in the process of rehabilitating abandoned homes.

Chase Cantrell brings a new perspective to real estate development with online course focused on helping residents invest in their own communities. Nearly a decade after the launch of Building Community Value, Cantrell is taking that same education and empowerment mindset beyond the boundaries of southeast Michigan with an open online course on real estate development-a course open to anyone with Internet access.

We are a team of University of Michigan-based scholars of political science and sociology specializing in public opinion and attitudes toward reparations. Our research provides important context for understanding the challenges Detroit’s reparations committee faces.

U-M closed on a parcel of land for $9.5 million. The parcel, strategically located across the street from the U-M Center for Innovation, is expected to support the center’s future needs. Part of the nearly 2.3-acre parcel will be used for a parking structure.

Abraham Alzoubi, M.Arch ‘25 was awarded a summer research grant by the U-M National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) to investigate the various land uses in Detroit and Palestine. It was one of 19 grants given to graduate students and teams at the University of Michigan through the provost-funded Anti-Racism Collaborative. Alzoubi plans to use the grant to fund field expeditions to Detroit and Palestine and learn more about the ongoing efforts of activists to fight against land commodification. 

She’s the pioneering community-based participatory researcher whose work in developing collaborative partnerships has had a significant impact on the health and well-being of Detroit residents. Barbara Israel now commits to fostering future public health leaders as professor emerita of Health Behavior & Health Equity.