top of page
Eisenberg Research Finds Eviction Rates in Detroit Are Rising Again
A team of researchers at The University of Michigan, including Poverty Solutions post-doctoral research fellow Alexa Eisenberg, has found...
Nov 16, 20221 min read
Illegal Dumping Project Receives $2.2M Funding
The Center for Disease Control has awarded a project aimed at understanding the relationship between illegal dumping and violent crime...
Oct 30, 20221 min read
Mehdipanah Interviewed on "Make It Home" Evaluation
HSHE Director Dr. Roshanak Medhipanah was interviewed in The Detroit News about the recent U-M evaluation of the "Make It Home" program.
Aug 28, 20221 min read
Dewar, Poverty Solutions Featured in Detroit Free Press
HSHE expert Dr. Margaret Dewar, Professor Emerita of the Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Taubman College at the University of Mic
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Michigan senior's homes, livelihoods imperiled by intensifying floods
"'If 40% of American’s couldn’t deal with an unexpected cost of $400, but home repairs cost thousands and tens of thousands (of dollars),...
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Black borrowers twice as likely to be denied mortgages as Whites in Metro Detroit
"'People really need to swim against the current to secure themselves a home, to secure housing stability,' said Roshanak Mehdipanah, an...
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Millions of renters face eviction and homelessness with the CDC’s expiring moratorium
"But even before the crisis, tens of millions of people struggled to pay for housing, according to University of Michigan professors...
Jul 28, 20211 min read
bottom of page