Tag: affordable housing
Coming soon to Michigan: Hundreds of affordable housing units. See where
A new Michigan tax capture law incentivized new housing construction, including 586 units for middle-income earners. See the 14 projects so far approved for $84 million in tax breaks….
City council backs homebuyer loan program over affordable housing push
City council is going to bat for would-be homeowners, applauding a forgivable loan program for down payments and swiftly defeating a push to steer funding toward affordable housing. Politicians threw their support behind the revival of a Queen’s Park and Ottawa-funded, city-stewarded program that would provide some London renters a 20-year forgivable loan up to […]
Future affordable housing project in Owen Sound to honour Peter Lemon
Former Owen Sound Coun. Peter Lemon is to be honoured in a future affordable housing build in the city. On Monday, Owen Sound council made it a requirement of a city donation of land to the local non-profit housing authority that the building or complex constructed on the land be named after Lemon, who passed […]
City councillor questions $3.1M housing loan program amid shelter needs
Should money potentially earmarked for Londoners to get a loan for a down payment on a home instead be directed to shelters or affordable housing?
“I’ve called shelter after shelter”: new rule could displace Michigan mom living in her car
The rule would prohibit extended stays at MDOT rest areas and carpool lots—spaces where some unhoused Michigan residents have sought refuge.