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Home foreclosures up in Michigan, other states, real estate data firm finds

Jan 15, 2024 Michigan Public

Foreclosures were up 10% in 2023, according to a report from real estate date firm ATTOM. Michigan was ninth in total foreclosures, and thirteenth in foreclosure rate. Michigan had 12,490 total foreclosures and a foreclosure rate of 0.27% last...

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Opinion: Affordable housing is crucial for Michigan's employers and employees

Dec 7, 2023 Crain's Detroit Business

In every corner of our beautiful state, we hear from employers who wish to grow, but can’t … because of the lack of housing available for their...

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$5 million in grants available to Michigan communities that want more housing

Dec 7, 2023 Crain's Detroit Business

The state’s housing agency aims to dangle a carrot in front of local governments as part of an effort to spur more housing. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) on Thursday rolled out $5 million in grants to support the state’s...

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$5 million in grants available to Michigan communities that want more housing

Dec 7, 2023 Crain's Grand Rapids Business

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Home Builders V.P.: Michigan’s in a ‘housing crisis’

Nov 22, 2023 The Livingston Post

Dawn Crandall of the Home Builders Association of Michigan describes the state’s housing crisis as ongoing, with supply being limited, demand remaining really high and individuals seeking workforce housing getting “bumped even further down the...

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Housing shortage triggers alarm for towns across Michigan

Oct 13, 2023 Mlive

More local leaders, in rural, suburban and urban communities throughout Michigan, are raising alarms about housing shortages. The number of local officials reporting a lack of single-family housing has nearly doubled in the past six years – going...

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Survey finds many Michigan communities struggling with housing shortage

Oct 13, 2023 Michigan Radio

A recent survey by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan found officials in many of the state's communities feel they lack affordable housing. The Michigan Public Policy survey found 27% of respondents said they...

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U.P. local government leaders most likely to report housing shortages

Sep 27, 2023 Iron County Reporter

Concerns among local government leaders in the Upper Peninsula about housing shortages in their communities have more than doubled since 2017. Today, 59% of officials from U.P. cities, villages, and townships say they have too little single-family...

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Michigan Public Policy Survey: UP Local Government Leaders Most Likely to Report Housing Shortages

Sep 20, 2023 Rural Insights

Publication

Housing shortages across Michigan alarming local leaders - Michigan survey

Sep 14, 2023

Michigan local officials are reporting alarm at the lack of housing options across the state. Those concerns include single-family homes and multi-family units, and cut across affordable, entry-level and mid-level housing availability. The results...

Housing shortages across Michigan alarming local leaders - Michigan survey

CLOSUP Updates

MPPS Report: Local government leaders sounding alarms over housing shortages spreading across Michigan

Sep 13, 2023

A new report presents the views of Michigan’s local government leaders on local housing issues, including housing capacity and condition in their community, and awareness of various state-level housing programs available to local communities. These...

News

Northern Michigan housing struggle corroborated in CLOSUP survey findings

Nov 2, 2018

The tourism industry is butting heads with affordable housing efforts in Northern Michigan. In an October 29, 2018 piece for The Petoskey News-Review titled “Resort industry poses unique issues in housing shortage,” William T. Perkins cites data...

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Working Papers

Building Affordable Housing in Cities after Abandonment: The Case of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Developments in Detroit

June 1, 2011

Lan Deng, University of Michigan

This paper examines affordable housing developments supported by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and how they have contributed to neighborhood redevelopment in the city of Detroit. For cities like Detroit that have long suffered...