Metro Detroit’s industrial legacy has left the region with approximately 900 brownfield sites, creating both environmental challenges and opportunities for development.
As the need for affordable housing continues to grow, Ypsilanti has found an innovative solution by transforming a contaminated site into 46 brand new homes at Dorsey Estates.
Watch Mike Duffy’s video report:
Ypsilanti builds affordable housing on former brownfield site
The development represents a significant achievement in brownfield remediation and affordable housing, though it has raised questions about the safety of building homes on previously contaminated land…