Overview
- Detroit's mayor, in a Tuesday night address at Mumford High School, announced free DDOT rides for all K–12 students starting April 1 with service seven days a week.
- She set a new minimum of $21.45 per hour for city employees beginning in July to raise pay for municipal workers.
- She introduced the Move Detroit Coalition, a partnership with nearly 40 groups that will award $500,000 to 313 residents for home purchases, rent, repairs, moves, and small business projects.
- The plan boosts youth and neighborhood services with $2.2 million for after‑school programs, 3,000 new streetlights, sidewalk repairs, and new property‑crime squads.
- City crews began a targeted cleanup at an abandoned Greenfield apartment complex this week, and upcoming budget hearings will determine timelines as residents ask for clear long‑term funding and gains for longtime Detroiters.