Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield (left) talks with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner (right) | Photo by Vidal Leonard
Mary Sheffield, the mayor-elect of Detroit, met with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner on Thursday at the Marygrove Conservancy, which is serving as her transition headquarters, to discuss partnership opportunities between the city and the federal administration to preserve and expand affordable housing in Detroit.
“I’d like to thank Secretary Turner for taking the time to come to Marygrove and the opportunity to share my vision with respect to affordable housing in Detroit,” Sheffield said in a press release. “I’ve spent my entire career advocating for strong neighborhoods that contain diverse housing options for every Detroiter, from transitional to affordable to market rate.”…