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In Detroit, young people split housing market MAZIE HYAMS/Daily
As property values increase, experts see two economies forming
Due to future developmen projects. Lucky Kitchen, located on East University Ave., is closed.
High-rises in Ann Arbor spark mixed reactions from residents New apartment complex on South U. closes down several local businesses BRIAN KUANG
Daily Staff Reporter
When Jenny Wu learned she would have to sell the Lucky Kitchen’s Central Campus location to make room for an apartment high-rise, she wasn’t
surprised. It has been common knowledge among the small business owners along South University Avenue, Wu said, that large property developers — attracted by rising rents largely paid by students — are seeking to acquire real estate near Central Campus to erect new
apartments. The change seemed inevitable. “We heard over the years that this was happening, and it was just bound to happen to us and we just didn’t know when,” Wu said. “We were surprised though to be the first ones to be approached, so we really didn’t have any choice.”
Originally founded in 1993 near North Campus and expanding to East University Avenue in 2001, Lucky Kitchen has become a staple of the University of Michigan community, winning accolades as students’ top choice for the best Chinese food on campus. See HOUSING, Page 3
WILL FEUER
Daily Staff Reporter
After years of struggle, Detroit’s housing market is on the rebound — and young professionals may be the cause. Following a three-year-long fall of Detroit’s housing market, neighborhoods such as Midtown and Downtown are now seeing growth in property values. According to the Detroit Free Press, Detroit homes sold for the cheapest they ever have in 2009 — the median listed price of a home was $7,000 with many houses going for as low as $1 because of liability of ownership.
Top Japanese sociologist discusses Students for Trump workplace equality issues for women
However, the median price just hit an eight-year high of $165,000 in May of this year. Several factors could be contributing to this growth. Some experts say this new trend can be attributed to a low supply of habitable houses, not neccessarily a resurgence of the city. Kim Page, a Detroit real estate expert, said the number of inhabitable houses in Detroit has dropped, increasing the value of houses that are still inhabitable. “There are a lot more buyers moving into the city of Detroit, especially within the Downtown and Midtown area, causing prices to increase maybe See HOUSING, Page 3
ELECTION
CAMPUS LIFE
on campus dismantles
Prof. talks supporting Muslims in Michigan
Despite relatively progressive policies, country struggles with equity
Leadership of chapter graduates and is not replaced CALEB CHADWELL Daily Staff Reporter
On a campus that is overwhelmingly ‘blue,’ student supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are in the minority, with no official group currently on campus for supporters, though the candidate has been endorsed by the College Republicans. In a recent Michigan Daily poll of 1000 students, respondents indicated overwhelming support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — 74.3 percent compared to only 5.9 percent who said they would vote for Trump. In the same survey when thirdparty candidates were included, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson received more than double Trump’s support, with 13.2 percent indicating they would vote for Johnson. In Washtenaw County overall, Trump was also the second choice, receiving 27.5 percent of the county’s vote to Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s 34.1 percent in the GOP primary earlier this year. While being outnumbered doesn’t deter some Trump See TRUMP, Page 3
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ISHI MORI
Daily Staff Reporter
Fertility and gender equality in Japan are both low — on Monday, leading Japanese sociologist Setsuya Fukuda asked an audience of about 30 people on campus why. From a policy standpoint, parental leave, family policy and employment opportunity laws in Japan are surprisingly comparable to that of nations in the European Union and the United States, Fukuda said. However, but Japan’s population is shrinking due to aging and low birthrates, and social roles may be to blame. Fukuda is a senior researcher in the Department of Planning and Coordination at Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. His lecture focused on issues women face in the workforce, and subsequent impacts on birth rates, Japan has 3.45 million potential female workers, and Fukuda cited several to social pressures that may disincentivize women from working. “I personally believe that gender issues or reconstructing gender roles in Japan is becoming the most important challenge for Japanese society,” Fukuda said in an interview with The Michigan Daily. He presented several statistics on how Japan’s share of women in managerial and leadership positions, as well as
the country’s gender pay gap, ranked poorly when compared to other advanced economies. Fukuda also pointed out that many women in Japan work full-time until childbirth and then return to the workforce as part-timers after childbirth. During his presentation, Fukuda proposed several solutions to the issue for a nation with policies that have worked elsewhere, but aren’t
working there. Japan’s tax and social security laws are based on a model where the man earns most of the family’s income, but Fukuda said these laws should be adjusted to the reality of a society where more women want to continue working fulltime along with their husbands after childbirth. Japan should also abolish tax deductions for dependent spouses who make less than
a certain annual income that are putting pressure on women to stay at home or work parttime to achieve equity, Fukuda added. Another solution may be to implement EU-like labor laws to strictly regulate working hours. Fukuda said Japan’s corporate culture, which stresses loyalty to the company, is forcing men to frequently See JAPAN, Page 2
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Setsuya Fukuda, senior researcher at the Department of Research Planning and Coordination, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan gives his presentation on Gender Equity in Japan in the School of Social Work Monday.
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INDEX
Vol. CXXV, No. 137 ©2016 The Michigan Daily
Sally Howell discusses importance of building communitiy ties KEVIN LINDER
Daily Staff Reporter
While the population in Detroit has fallen over recent decades, the Muslim community in the Detroit area has grown, in part due to the inf lux of refugees. Sally Howell, director of the Center for Arab American studies and associate professor of history at the University of MichiganDearborn, spoke on the long, rooted history of Muslim communities in Detroit at her lecture Monday evening. “I noticed in 2010 that if you look at the census maps of Detroit, Detroit as most of you probably realize, is losing population, bleeding population for quite some time now” she said. “The only zip codes or census tracts that showed population growth between 2000 and 2010 were also zip codes or census tracts where Muslims are living.” The number of people of Yemeni, Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese, backgrounds have been growing in Detroit since about 2000. The See COMMUNITIES, Page 2
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