Rebuilding Home Together: Affordable Homeownership and Neighborhood Stabilization

CM credit hours for mobile workshops are awarded based on the planned dedicated instructional time. Adjustments to CM hours will not be made after the live event.

Detroit's central housing challenge is the urgent need for affordable homeownership for households at or below 60 percent of Area Median Income (AMI). Decades of disinvestment, declining property values, and limited mortgage access have left many families without sustainable ownership pathways.

This workshop highlights Rebuilding Home Together, led by Community Development Advocate Detroit, a local membership based organization, which leverages land bank acquisitions, grant-subsidized construction, and local CDO leadership to deliver high-quality, affordable, single-family homes.

Tour a revitalized block led by Osborn Neighborhood Association, which transformed vacant homes into affordable ownership opportunities, including duplexes to provide wealth-building rental income. In Detroit's Morningside Community, learn about their success creating affordable homeownership opportunities for low-moderate income households.

Learn how partners are addressing rising construction costs, technical assistance gaps, and system navigation challenges while stabilizing markets and ensuring long-term affordability. This model demonstrates how capitalizing community-based organizations, rather than profit-driven developers, creates equitable redevelopment that prioritizes people and neighborhoods. Leave with actionable strategies for dismantling systemic barriers, structuring acquisition pipelines, leveraging subsidies, and building partnerships that advance inclusive homeownership and stabilize neighborhoods.