Housing Archives - Michigan Municipal League

October 15, 2019

Tapping MSHDA’s Neighborhood Enhancement Program for collective action

MSHDA has recently issued a call for proposals to their Neighborhood Enhancement Program, with local applications due December 1. Municipalities and 501(c)3 non-profits can apply for up to $30,000 or $50,000 (depending on size) in funding for local exterior home…

August 27, 2019

How Detroit Built a Better Preservation Playbook

Detroit is midstride in its great comeback, emerging like a phoenix in full burn. In a city which has suffered so much loss, not only are community leaders and private investors acting to salvage what remains, but they are making…

May 21, 2019

New Jackson ordinance protects displaced rental tenants

Many of our communities have ordinances that require periodic inspection and certification of rental residential properties. Because people who live in rented homes often have little control over the physical condition of the structure they live in, these ordinances protect…

February 28, 2019

Modular Housing – Really?!

League staff have recently helped educate legislators on the need to reinstate Michigan's historic tax credit, which could have broad applications for multi-unit rental housing in historic buildings, upper story residential in downtown cores, adaptive reuse of underutilized buildings, and…

February 20, 2019

Kalamazoo’s neighborhood zoning repairs make the code conform to the context

Last month Kalamazoo's City Commission cut down their lot size requirements in several residential areas. Notably, these amendments weren't done in the name of permitting anything "new" in those neighborhoods—but to support and reinforce what's already there and remove some…

February 13, 2019

Why is it So Damn Expensive to Build?

Okay, you're right. It costs the earth to build new in Michigan or do a significant rehab. But don't immediately rush to load up the U-Haul and venture off to cheaper climes. All is not lost. The summers are too…

January 24, 2019

Michigan Municipal League’s Review Magazine Honored in Diamond Award Program

The Michigan Municipal League received a statewide honor recently for The Review magazine, which focuses on placemaking activities and programs of League member communities as well as other topics. The League received a Gold Certificate for its magazine in the…

January 23, 2019

The High Costs of New Construction

We at the Civic Labs have been talking for some time now about how Michigan needs more housing. Or rather, that we have an abundance of single family housing choices across the broad geographies of our state, but lack the…

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