The Detroit Housing Commission "DHC" is a Michigan public body corporate operating as a public housing authority operates under the authority granted in the Michigan Housing Facilities Act, MCL 125.653 et seq. In August 2004, DHC separated from the City of Detroit, a municipal government corporation, and became an independent government agency. The DHC administers approximately 5,635 Housing Choice Vouchers under the Section 8 program.  It operates approximately 3,950 low income public housing units under an Annual Contributions Contract with HUD.  DHC has also been awarded three (3) Hope VI Grants to create mixed-finance communities.  The three (3) Hope VI grants are in various stages of implementation. 

In July 2005, the Secretary of HUD and the Mayor of the City of Detroit signed a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, which temporarily handed over administrative and board oversight of the DHC to HUD because the DHC was a troubled housing agency.  The HUD assigned a “Recovery Team” to the DHC to institute changes in order for the DHC to return to "standard performer status" as measured by both HUD's Public Housing Assessment System "PHAS" and the Section Eight Management Assessment Program "SEMAP". 

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