A new city program seeks to reinforce homes in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood from the effects of recurring flooding from the Detroit River.
This month, officials from the city’s Housing and Revitalization Department launched the application for the Jefferson Chalmers Residential Seawall Program, designed to assist low-income homeowners in the waterfront community by replacing or repairing their sea walls.
“One of the reasons this project came about was the high water, the flooding that we had in our recent past,” said Amy Amador, deputy director of Bridging Neighborhoods, a division of the Housing and Revitalization Department, at a virtual meeting held Thursday to introduce the initiative to neighborhood residents…