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Council asks administration to explore homelessness‑prevention AI system and adds item to closing resolution

Detroit City Council · March 26, 2026
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Pro Tem Coleman Young urged the council to pursue a data‑driven homelessness‑prevention system similar to Los Angeles’ model; council placed a motion into the closing resolution to study feasibility, costs and data‑sharing requirements with HRD/HHFS and outside partners.

During the HRD budget hearing on March 26, Pro Tem Coleman Young outlined an AI‑driven housing‑stability approach that uses eviction filings, utility shutoffs and other administrative data to predict households at risk of homelessness and intervene with legal aid, rental assistance and case management.

Young described the Los Angeles program’s outcomes and argued Detroit should study a similar prevention‑first approach.…

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