Detroit, MI

LEADERSHIP

Executive Director:
Tahirih Ziegler

Chair, Local Advisory Committee:
Nick Khouri
DTE Energy
CONTACT INFORMATION
660 Woodward Ave.
Suite 1600
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Telephone: (313) 596-8222
Fax: (313) 596-8237
Website

Established in 1990

Achievements by the Numbers:

(By LISC and Affiliates since inception)
  • 3,415 homes and apartments
  • 1.4 million square feet of commercial space
  • $150.9 million total investment
  • $618 million leveraged

Profile:

Detroit LISC approved a $1 million bridge loan to the Detroit Land Bank Authority, which implemented a plan to acquire, renovate, and sell 250 properties. The LISC loan will help stabilize communities suffering from increased foreclosures and property abandonment. Detroit LISC provided $3 million in loans to support the Community Health and Social Services (CHASS), a 40-year-old Community Health Center, to develop a new $17 million, 48,000-sq-ft facility. The new facility will allow CHASS to triple its space and double the number of clients served per year by increasing its facility to hold 28 medical exam rooms and six dental operatories. LISC helps to increase family income and wealth through The Greater Detroit Centers for Working Families (CWF). To date, 2,465 individuals have received and benefited from CWF services, and over 1,500 clients participated in employment – and/or education-related services and CWF clients received approved income support benefits totaling $642,000.

Through supporting healthy environments and lifestyles, Detroit LISC approved a $500,000 construction loan to create a 43,240 square foot Family Wellness Center in southwest Detroit, which will provide health care services to thousands of uninsured and underinsured individuals and families. In safety, Detroit LISC provided a grant to Focus: HOPE to support the safety management program in the Central Woodward/North End neighborhood. As a direct result of the safety strategies and initiatives, the neighborhood has experienced a 22 % reduction in stolen vehicles, a 19 % reduction in robberies, and a 13 % reduction in arson activity.