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A trio of Detroit residents — two white and one Asian American — say they’ve been denied the opportunity to live in a racially integrated community, and they've filed a lawsuit over it. A suit like theirs is uncommon, but not unheard of, legal experts say. The standard of proof plaintiffs must present in such a case is high, experts say, and it's hard to say how it will do in court.  Last summer, 16 residents in part of the Islandview neighborhood, near West Village and Belle Isle, met to talk about ways to support one another during the COVID-19 pandemic. They realized nearly all ...

by  Violet Ikonomova Tenant signs call out Villages Property Management during a June protest against evictions. (Photo: Facebook) When more than a dozen renters new to Detroit’s up-and-coming Islandview neighborhood met last year to consider forming a tenants’ union, they were struck by the realization that in addition to sharing a landlord, they almost all shared the same skin color: White, in a neighborhood that’s predominantly Black. That discovery is now the basis of a federal lawsuit brought by three of the tenants last month, alleging landlords Re...

by  Violet Ikonomova Townhomes being developed by Astral Weeks at 2119 Field Street. (Photo Michael Lucido) A high-profile dispute between a Detroit developer and an activist neighborhood association appears to have been at least partially resolved, with both sides getting some, but not all, of what they wanted. The squabble was over a derelict strip of row houses in Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood, which became a flashpoint in the debate over gentrification after a developer requested a tax break to transform them into more upscale townhomes. The neighb...