Detroit Housing and Neighborhood Indicators Analysis

D3 provides foundations and our public and non-profit partners with current information about Detroit’s housing market to help inform their housing and neighborhood revitalization strategies.

D3 combines a variety of datasets to create a more complete picture of Detroit’s housing and neighborhood characteristics. This includes:

  • Proprietary and public data on land use, housing market activity, and parcel ownership;
  • HMDA mortgage reporting;
  • The Detroit Residential Parcel Survey; and
  • Other economic and demographic neighborhood indicators

D3 has provided analyses for Fannie Mae, the 2009 Mayor’s Summit on Foreclosure, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program application and implementation, and other city applications for federal funding.

D3 has provided or continues to provide housing data to the following agencies:

  • City of Detroit’s Planning and Development Department
  • Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative
  • Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response
  • Detroit Vacant Property Campaign
  • Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Skillman Foundation
  • Community Economic Development Association of Michigan
  • Michigan Foreclosure Task Force
  • Kellogg Foundation
  • Detroit Public Libraries
  • Detroit Public Schools
  • Community Development Advocates of Detroit
  • Hudson-Webber Anchor Institution initiative
  • Kresge Foundation
  • Ford Foundation-funded planning for M-1 light rail line
  • Various community development organizations

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