Detroit is back from the dead. But not everyone is feeling it

November 5, 2025 CNN
Sam Stragand

Sam Stragand

Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility senior program manager

"Overall, we have seen fairly widespread increases in both housing wealth and income," said Sam Stragand of the Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility at the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions. "There are still pockets of the city with little activity in the mortgage market" and lagging areas in housing wealth, home repairs and high vacancies.