Newly opened Freelon apartments offers affordable housing for veterans in Midtown

The Detroit News story

Midtown's newest apartment complex opened its doors Thursday, bringing nearly 70 new units to the historic Sugar Hill district, including affordable housing for veterans.

The $38 million mixed-used and mixed-income development Freelon at Sugar Hill was built in a vacant lot across the street from the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center and offers 14 affordable housing units for people in the Veterans Administration Supportive Housing program for homeless veterans.

"We're going to provide housing for homeless veterans and they're going to be in close proximity to where they get their services," said Donald Rencher, group executive of Detroit Planning, Housing and Development.

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