The Metro: How will Detroit’s next mayor address homelessness and housing?
Affordable housing has been a major issue for many voters in Detroit. In fact, according to recent University of Michigan...
The Metro: How will Detroit’s next mayor address homelessness and housing?
Affordable housing has been a major issue for many voters in Detroit. In fact, according to recent University of Michigan...
The Metro: WSU grad student supporting Detroit’s homeless with interactive resource map
Detroit’s homeless population is growing. A one-night count conducted last year by the city of Detroit and two local nonprofits...
The Metro: Walking the wire of survival in ‘The Razor’s Edge’
The documentary "The Razor’s Edge" opens in the woods of northern Michigan, where people are living in tents beneath a...
The Metro: The fight to end homelessness in America
Detroit, like many parts of the country, is facing a housing crisis. Over half of renters in the city are...
The Metro: Detroit’s Pope Francis Center leader reflects on late pontiff’s legacy
Caring for the poor and having mercy for the marginalized were values that played a central role in Pope Francis’...
The Metro: Policies that get to the root of homelessness
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In February, two young children experiencing homelessness died of carbon monoxide...
The Metro: Local nonprofit advocates for ‘holistic’ approach to ending homelessness
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Earlier this month, two children from a family facing homelessness —...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan flu levels hit 15-year high
Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover the rise of Michigan influenza infections, efforts to improve the city's homeless services...
Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Department of Public Health receives arts and culture grant
Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, the city of Dearborn is pairing health and the arts. Plus, Verizon is celebrating the...
The Metro: Pope Francis Center opens emergency warming shelter during extreme cold
When temperatures dipped dangerously low during the recent polar vortex, the Pope Francis Center opened a 24-hour emergency warming center...
The Metro: The many barriers to solving homelessness in metro Detroit
As the weather gets colder, many of us are retreating inside and turning up the heat. But shelter and heat...
CEO of Pope Francis Center ‘disappointed’ by Supreme Court ruling on outdoor sleeping bans
Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outside in public places....