The Detroit Housing Commission, seeking to establish a new standard for public housing in the city, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the full rehabilitation of its largest development, Sheridan Place I and II, a 409-unit residential community located along East Jefferson Avenue in the Islandview neighborhood.
The DHC is seeking qualified partners to undertake nearly $160 million in needed repairs and upgrades for the complex, which is home to hundreds of senior citizens.
The redevelopment comes as the DHC has been working to strengthen its core affordable housing work by boosting itsoccupancy by 10 percent, and stabilizing its recertifications and other key metrics. In the last six months, the commission has welcomed more than 120 new households to its developments — in more than 50 percent of the cases, the new tenants’ occupancy ended their homelessness…