affordable housing

A check on Michigan's COVID numbers as hospitalizations slowly trend upward again, the excitement of spotting the first otter in the Detroit River in nearly a century, the growing problem of homelessness among senior citizens and how and why a Michigan combat veteran traveled to Ukraine to give military training.

Affordable housing is becoming a needle in a haystack across Michigan. We get responses from a Detroit community and Northern employers. And did the pandemic prove that universal basic income works?

The Detroit housing market is now one of the most competitive markets in Southeast Michigan. The majority of city residents now are renters, and some are finding it hard to find or qualify for homes in their own neighborhoods.

The $10 million contribution will go toward the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund, a private investment fund that aims to foster affordable housing projects by covering some of developers’ costs with grants and low-interest loans.

City commissioners in Grand Rapids have followed through on an affordable housing recommendation six years in the making.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has toured much of the state this week to build support for using American Rescue Plan funds for affordable housing.Whitmer’s…

Staying safe inside for the past 15 months has done a number on most people. Anxious for a change of scenery, many Michiganders have been perusing the…

“Can we just get back to normal?”Grand Rapids mayor Rosalynn Bliss posed the question Tuesday afternoon during a very abnormal state of the city address.…

Kalamazoo County commissioners have a year to plan before a new affordable housing millage goes into effect.The property tax, passed in November, will…

One assumption among those who study housing discrimination has been that it’s more likely to occur in wealthier, whiter enclaves.That was the hypothesis…