Detroit city officials say the process to get a permit to renovate homes and businesses is now much shorter and an effort to ramp up new home construction is on its way.
Mayor Mary Sheffield launched a plan to speed up permitting for repairs − from up to 30 days down to the same day − and build new housing by offering pre-approved home designs to cut through red tape so developers can construct hundreds more new single-family homes. Sheffield has a goal of building 1,000 new single-family homes in her first four years as mayor, as Detroiters struggle to afford quality housing and make repairs.
“For quite some time, we have heard our developers and Detroit contractors and homeowners talk about the challenges that they face navigating the permitting process in our city, and when projects get delayed, we know that investment is delayed and our neighborhoods miss out on the growth that they deserve,” Sheffield said at a news conference on Monday, March 16 inside a home on the city’s west side…