Late last June, when nearly 6 inches of rain fell, more than 32,000 basements saw backed up rainwater or combined sewage. It was deemed a major disaster by Pres. Biden and disaster relief funds have been released to prevent future recurrences largely by installation of backwater valves and sump pumps for which the City will pay up to $6K per house.

To that end City officials announced the Basement Backup Protection Program on Monday. It's an up to $15 million plan, with a pilot phase funded by $2.4 million in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief dollars. Last year, the city of Detroit received more than $826 million in American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, dollars - the fifth largest amount among American cities. Of that, $400 million was to address budget shortfalls and the remaining $426 million was for community investments. Presumably these funds are from the latter.

Details of the program, how to obtain support, and neighborhood deployment plans are listed in this Free Press article.