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Former Duggan official returns to Detroit to lead Housing Commission Longtime Detroit housing official Arthur Jemison is returning to the city. Jemison, the city’s former group executive for planning, housing and development, left that job in early 2021 and subsequently took on a role in the federal government and as the chief planner for the city of…

McNamara building to get $34.1M in updates as part of U.S. investment in Michigan The U.S. General Service Administration is investing more than $53 million in sustainable infrastructure improvements in Michigan, including $34.1 million at the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building in downtown Detroit. The projects are a beneficiary of the federal Inflation Reduction Act,…

Mortgage rates drop to lowest point in 6 months Mortgage rates in the United States fell to the lowest point since early February, helping to ease the housing affordability crunch. The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.73%, down from 6.78% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. A year ago, the…

Downtown Royal Oak would get 150-plus apartments under new plan New plans have emerged to build a 158-unit apartment building just east of Royal Oak’s central business district. Documents filed with the Royal Oak Planning Commission ahead of an Aug. 13 meeting outline the plans by Champion Development Group LLC to develop a five-story building…