Looking For Ways To Tackle Michigan's Housing Crisis?

“We’re about 190,000 housing units short in our state right now and our housing is expensive. Over the last decade, our cost of single-family homes has gone up about 84% while incomes have only gone up about 25% during the same time period,” said Amy Hovey, with the Michigan Housing Authority (July, 2023).

It’s not enough to want good neighborhoods; we have to empower our communities to look at the “Big Picture” while still drilling down on those two illusive words, “good planning”.  

Click here to read the full article by our friends at McKenna that provides insight and examples of strategies from Michigan communities.