For Mary Sheffield, Detroit’s future begins with keeping families housed

For Mary Sheffield, Detroit’s future begins with keeping families housed

February 10, 2025, was bitterly cold in Detroit. An unhoused mother, Tateona Williams, parked her van inside the Greektown Casino parking structure near downtown, hoping to shield her children from the night air.  By sunrise, two of them – 9-year-old Darnell Currie Jr. and his 2-year-old sister, A’millah – were dead.  The Wayne County Medical Examiner ruled their deaths carbon monoxide poisoning. City officials confirmed that the family had cont…