DETROIT – Stellantis announced it is partnering with the city to offer an additional $3.3 million in home repair grants to neighbors living near the Mack Assembly Plant on Detroit’s east side.
The Home Repair Program will be administered by the city’s Housing and Revitalization Department and include at least $2.7 million in unspent funds from the Mack development project, according to a release from Stellantis.
In addition, $600,000 from the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) Neighborhood Impact Fund is being transferred from Invest Detroit to the city for the program.
“Since we made the decision to build the first new assembly plant in more than 30 years in the city of Detroit five years ago, we have been committed to supporting the community,” said Christine Estereicher, Vice President, Public Affairs Stellantis North America. “In listening to our neighbors, we recognized there was additional need for home repairs, so redirecting these funds where they could do the most good was an easy decision. One of Stellantis’ values is to care for the future, and we hope these additional funds will help our neighbors make necessary updates to their homes.”
The automaker said it worked with the city, state and Invest Detroit to reallocate these unspent funds after receiving feedback from the community.
Invest Detroit is a nonprofit lender that supports business and real estate projects that bolster economic growth in the city.
This funding adds to the $1.8 million Stellantis provided for home repairs in 2020 and 2021, which helped 120 residents near the plant.
Residents interested in receiving repair grants should call the Housing & Revitalization Department at 313-628-2231. Applications will be available in January 2025, according to the automaker.
The Mack plant started production in 2021 after the automaker announced in 2019 that it would transition the complex into a site for producing next-generation Jeep vehicles with a $1.6 billion investment.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Grand Cherokee L and Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe are produced at the plant, and it’s Stellantis' first Michigan plant to manufacture a plug-in hybrid, according to the release.