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1448 Elias student-built home partnership

Westland

Summary

The council put $260,000 in HOME funds toward the Wayne-Westland schools construction-tech program, whose students will build a new house on a long-blighted tax-foreclosed lot — answering a resident's Zillow-based skepticism about the price.

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Last discussed Jun 15, 2026.

Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

$260,000 in federal HOME funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.

✅Who benefits

Students gain hands-on trades experience; an eligible homebuyer gets a new house; the neighborhood loses a blight site.

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