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of having our kids graduate from
Michigan schools and move away. We
wanted to help find a creative solution
to keep young Jewish talent here and
bring back the ones who left.”
Daitch is a past-president of Hebrew
Free Loan and a passionate supporter
of the organization. Peter’s consulting
firm, The Remington Group, has been
a partner and a catalyst for major
cultural, educational and recreation-
al growth in the city of Detroit for
many years. With their shared love of
the city and desire to have an impact
on the Jewish future of Detroit, they
approached HFL with the idea of cre-
ating a loan program for young adults
looking to purchase a home in the city
— and Move-In Detroit was born.
While federal regulations prohibit
the distribution of a loan for a down
payment, Move-In Detroit is intended
to help first-time homeowners cover
the costs of repairs, remodeling, ren-
ovations and furnishings for a newly
bought home in the city. To be eligible
for a Move-In Detroit loan, applicants
must be Jewish Michigan residents,
40 years or younger, first-time home
buyers and, of course, the home being
purchased must be in Detroit proper.
Once approved, applicants can receive
up to a $15,000 interest-free loan with
two Michigan cosigners to help make
their new house their dream home.
“Over the long term, we hope
Move-In Detroit will incentivize
young Jews to stay here or come here
and buy homes in Detroit,” Daitch
said. “We want this program to act as
a stimulus that puts Detroit higher on
everyone’s consideration list of where
to live.”
Just launched in July, and with very
little publicity or marketing, Move-In
Detroit is already attracting a lot of
attention and a significant number
of applicants. In fact, two Move-In
Detroit loans have already been
awarded.
Emily Levine and Brett Willner are
the very first recipients of a Move-In
Detroit loan. Emily, originally from
Huntington Woods, and Brett, origi-
nally from West Bloomfield, have been
married for seven years. Prior to their
recent home purchase in the historic
Boston Edison District, the couple
rented in the Cass Corridor neighbor-
hood.
“We moved to Detroit in 2013. Brett
was going to grad school and working
at Wayne State, and we had heard that
things were changing in the city and it
was an interesting place to be,” Levine
said. “Over the last two and a half
years, we’ve made our home in Detroit
and started our family here. We’re
active members of the Isaac Agree
Downtown Synagogue and involved in
a group called JTot that does program-
ming for Jewish families with young
children in the city. We’re also working
with other families and organizations
in the area to start a religious school in
Detroit, which is very exciting.”
The home Emily and Brett pur-
chased was built in 1916. The couple
bought the house in good shape
except for a very dilapidated garage on
the property. Emily and Brett plan to
use the loan to tear down the existing
garage and build a nice, new one.
“Boston Edison boasts the oldest
continuous neighb orhood association
in the city. People living here take great
pride in the neighborhood and, as a
result, there are beautiful homes here,”
Levine said. “We love having an older
house with character and we enjoy our
neighborhood. We also like seeing all
the changes happening in the city and
being close to Downtown.” ■
For more information about the Move-In Detroit
Loan Program, contact Hebrew Free Loan
Detroit at (248) 723-8184 or visit hfldetroit.org.
This story was first published at
myjewishdetroit.org.