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improvement loans available to 
them.
” 

A STRONG DETROIT
MOVE-IN DETROIT was 
made possible through the 
generosity of philanthropist 
husband-and-wife team Peggy 
Daitch and Peter Remington of 
Berkley. 
 Daitch’s Detroit roots began 
with her great-grandfather, 
Rabbi Judah Levin, who is 
the namesake of Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah in Southfield. 
 Remington is founder 
and CEO of The Remington 
Group, founded in 1995 as a 
full-service consulting firm 
that has provided its services 
to nonprofit organizations 
throughout Detroit. Just some 
of the dozens of its iconic 
clients include the Detroit 
Opera House, the Charles 
Wright African American 
Museum and the Detroit 

Riverfront Conservancy. Clients 
within the Detroit Metro 
Jewish community include the 
Zekelman Holocaust Center, 
B’nai B’rith International and 
Tamarack Camps. 
“Peter and I both feel very 
passionately about the Detroit 
community with a strong 
Detroit as its base,
” Daitch 
said. “I’m thrilled with the new 

energy in the city. Hebrew 
Free Loan has the smartest 
business model when it comes 
to recycling funds to make 
them evergreen. It has loans 
for lifecycle moments and 
occasions, and MOVE-IN-
DETROIT brings the housing 
piece of the puzzle to the table 
through home improvement 
loans.
” 

Settling into their lives in 
Detroit, Loeb said she and 
Payst, a freelance illustrator, 
enjoy their neighborhood’s 
amenities like shops and 
restaurants in walking distance 
and the strong community vibe. 
They belong to the Isaac Agree 
Downtown Synagogue, where 
they’ve made friends with other 
young family congregants who 
live just blocks away. 
“We were looking for one 
affordable city with a strong 
Jewish community, and we 
kept hearing awesome things 
about Detroit,
” Loeb said. “We 
were looking for a place where 
people work together to make 
things better, and Detroit has 
that spirit of cooperation, pride 
in home ownership and caring 
about one’s community.
” 

Access the program at https://hfldetroit.

org/loan-programs/personal-loans/move-

in-detroit-loans/.

Jaemi Loeb 
and Craig Payst

