Rising costs and gentrification force locals out of Detroit's downtown and Midtown

(Detroit Metro Times) Nine days before Christmas last year, dozens of seniors gathered in the lobby of the Himelhoch Apartments in downtown Detroit for a meeting with the building’s management.

For decades, the seven-story building has housed seniors who receive rental assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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So when management told the seniors in December that many of them would be displaced because half of the building was being converted into market-rate housing, they were shocked and scared. Some of them use walkers or wheelchairs and have become accustomed to life downtown.

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Over the past decade, the cost to live in many parts of Detroit has sharply increased, beginning in downtown and Midtown and spreading to Lafayette Park, the North End, Corktown, Southwest Detroit, Brush Park, and the area surrounding Eastern Market. ............................(more)

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