DHC, Board of Commissioners
Detroit Housing Commission1301 E Jefferson Ave Detroit, MI 48207 (Directions)
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team
The complete board packet was made available to the public on the board’s website before the meeting. The board approved a write-off of about $760,000 of unpaid rent, and approved DHC to enter an agreement with the Rocket Community Fund to support a homeownership program.
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08:35 AM Jul 24, 2025 CDT
The board is appointing a new CFO after the departure of the previous one.
A resolution is before the board to write off uncollectible accounts. That means people who have moved out, died, etc.
The agenda for this meeting can be found here:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26017512/agenda-board-packet.pdf
The decrease amounts to $760,615.51
The motion was made and passed
Next the board will consider partnering in a grant funding agreement with Rocket Community Fund
Next the board will consider partnering in a grant funding agreement with Rocket Community Fund
This. Is. A. Great. Agenda.
DHC 👏👏👏👏
We should give them an award. A medal. Something.
Next item: the DHC has to renew it’s general liability insurance.
The premium for the plan has gone up 9.6%
How do they get this insurance? There’s a special company that specifically does this type of insurance called the Housing Authority Risk Retention Group, Inc.
The DHC is apparently getting an award from HARRG for the low number of claims filed last year. Weird award, huh?
The board is now hearing informational reports, the background materials for which can be found in the agenda packet PROVIDED TO US.
The end of the report detailed some repairs and cleanings to be done in various properties. Replacing doors, carpets, etc
A question was asked to staff about high delinquency rate. Staff responded there are educational efforts to help people keep up without getting evicted.
The board is now discussing the upcoming deep cuts to government programs will impact the Commission
These include a 25% cut in HUD funding, and the decimation of SNAP benefits, which will take away food access from millions of people nationwide.
This will have dramatic, material, and rapid impacts on the city that it is impossible to entirely mitigate.
The board described it as a “Faustian deal” and that the board will be forced to decide on, essentially, in which areas will the city suffer worse, and in which areas will the board redirect its butchered resources.
Moving on to public comment, a commenter voiced their concerns about the resident council at Villages at Parkside, saying they are idle and unresponsive. The commenter then praised Friends of Parkside for picking up much of the slack.
Next call is a member of the Parkside resident council with a rebuttal to the last commenter. The caller said they don’t have enough resources to operate perfectly.
The member said that the council is prohibited from communicating independently with residents without the approval of the to DHC, and, therefore, from performing its basic function.
The Friends of Parkside and the Parkside resident council are in conflict over space.
Public comment having ended, the meeting was adjourned at 11:57 a.m..
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Detroit Housing Commission
In 1933, the City of Detroit established the Detroit Housing Commission (“DHC”) under the Michigan Housing Facilities Act. Throughout the DHC’s 75 year history, our mission has been to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing for the low and moderate-income people that we serve. DHC is the largest owner of rental housing in the City of Detroit (“City”), providing approximately 4,000 housing units for seniors and families.