Detroit News: Up and Away: Rising rents put housing out of reach for many.
"This is a policy choice, or a series of policy choices,” Myers Phillips said. “It’s not just some anomaly. It's not, 'oh, the market, who knows why.' We know why. It's been a series of policy decisions over several years. It does not have to be inevitable it happens like this.
The cost of housing in Micro Detroit rose nearly 18% during the first half of 2020 and the first half of 2023, according to federal statistics.
