Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the price

  • Written by Meghan Wilson, Assistant Professor of American Politics and Public Policy, Michigan State University
Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the priceSome of Detroit's unhoused population take refuge in abandoned buildings, cars and parks. Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

As outside temperatures dropped to the low- to mid-teens Fahrenheit on Feb. 10, 2025, two children died of carbon monoxide toxicity in a family van parked in a Detroit casino parking garage.

We are political...

Read more: Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the...

More Articles ...

  1. How does soap keep you clean? A chemist explains the science of soap
  2. Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support
  3. In talking with Tehran, Trump is reversing course on Iran – could a new nuclear deal be next?
  4. Colors are objective, according to two philosophers − even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see
  5. Florida, once considered a swing state, is firmly Republican – a social anthropologist explains what caused this shift
  6. ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
  7. Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’ is a monument to celebrity and achievement – paid for with humanities funding that benefits everyday Americans
  8. Hotter and drier climate in Colorado’s San Luis Valley contributes to kidney disease in agriculture workers, new study shows
  9. Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
  10. ‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’: Shakespeare’s insights on happiness have held up for more than 400 years
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more