affordable housing

A Michigan agency is offering low-interest loans to accelerate the building of multi-family rental projects that include apartments considered affordable.

A group that represents cities in Michigan is asking the state to invest $800 million over the next five years to help spur affordable housing projects.

Developers are seeking more than half a billion dollars in tax breaks for the $740 million plan to build three new towers in downtown Grand Rapids.

Residents spoke out against tax breaks for a proposed high-rise development at a city commission meeting Tuesday. They want the developers to put more money into the city's affordable housing fund.

Across the state voters will decide what their communities should do with marijuana sales, school or library funding, public safety, elections, energy, and more.

Mayors from Michigan and Ohio were in Detroit as part of a nationwide tour organized by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to draw attention to a lack of affordable housing.

Landlords would be barred from discriminating against tenants or prospective tenants who use housing vouchers or other types of public assistance to pay the rent under bills adopted by the Legislature.

The West Michigan county's health department talked to more than 5,000 residents about their health concerns. Housing topped the list.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority and Michigan attorney general's office are warning of a scam targeting people looking for Housing Choice Vouchers.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to use hundreds of millions of dollars to build low-income housing and to equip new homes with solar panels and energy-efficient appliances.