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Violent Crime and Growing Homelessness Are Destroying Ypsilanti and Its Small Businesses

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 18, 2023

9/20/23: This story was edited to remove a mention of the Ypsilanti Public Library. by Monica Ross-Williams “I’m 83-years-old, have lived in Ypsilanti all my life and I’m afraid to visit downtown Ypsilanti,” an Ypsilanti community…

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Urban Exile: Homeless Families/Youth Numbers Defy Experts’ Undercounts

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 15, 2014 0

by Diane Nilan WITHIN 3 MINUTES of sitting down for a haircut at one of those places that asks for everything but your social security number to cut your mop, I heard about two more homeless families, known to my hairdresser-du-jour.…