Housing

Coverage of low-income and affordable housing solutions, housing developments, and resources for the unhoused.

Historic properties are prime candidates for residential and mixed-use developments

The revival of legacy commercial, educational and manufacturing properties embraces sustainability, technology and adds housing.

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MI CDFI Coalition members, collaborators help create connections and collective identity in communities

In order to create sustainable economic and community development, it takes a village, or in this case — an entire ecosystem of organizations, advisors, coalitions, CDFIs, and other collaborators to help foster a sense of place.

Restoring a Cincinnati neighborhood one historic home at a time

An $8.4 million investment is bringing homeownership and a renewed sense of possibility to one of Cincinnati’s smallest neighborhoods.

Evictions impact millions of kids. These schools get an alert when it happens to their students.

Evictions impact millions of kids. These schools get an alert when it happens to their students.

Minock Park Place provides new affordable senior housing for Detroit’s older residents

In the heart of Detroit’s Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood, a 42-unit, mixed-use development has given senior citizens brand-new affordable housing. Minock Park Place was seven years in the making, and marks the first affordable senior housing community in the neighborhood, located at 19505 Grand River Ave. — a vital commercial and cultural artery.

Detroit Housing for the Future Fund returns to drive affordable housing, stable neighborhoods

The second phase of the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund (DHFF) returns, offering communities across the city the opportunity for more affordable, stable neighborhoods.

Community developers’ pride for area fuels investment, catalyst for change, growth in Detroit neighborhoods

Community developers know, care for, and invest in their neighborhoods. Together with community development institutions (CDFIs), small development projects can have a huge impact on their neighborhoods, serving as a catalyst for future growth.

Community Land Trusts help residents become homeowners affordably

As the statewide housing crisis continues, communities of all sizes are looking at how to increase affordable housing options for current and future residents. In Kalamazoo County, the Portage Community Land Trust is helping residents become homeowners affordably with their new workforce housing development, Stanwood Crossings.

Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast-growing cities

Tiny house villages represent a community-driven mechanism for people to find housing and community amid poverty and exclusion.

Colorado is facing a housing shortage – building more duplexes and townhomes could be part of the solution

Which public policies will have the greatest success at producing more housing and lowering the cost of housing? We set out to examine these policies and others to understand their potential effects on housing production and affordability in Denver.

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