Housing

Residents at three apartment complexes in Mount Pleasant came home to some disturbing news earlier this year: Their water bill, which they paid with their rent, was overdue and the city could cut off sewage and water connections. It was their housing management company, Millennia, that missed their due date to pay the water bills to the city twice in six months.

Local leaders look to solve the housing shortage for full-time residents in the city with new campaign.

The site of the former Michigan Maple Block company is the proposed site for a 200-unit apartment complex.

In an effort to address the shortage of affordable housing, city officials sent letters to property owners about the potential investment opportunities that come with adding housing on their property.

The City of Petoskey has been working with an Indiana-based private equity firm to bring a 200-unit apartment complex to the city.

Some Michigan communities have been awarded state funds to help build affordable housing. A Pinconning official said they have the ability to grow, but don’t have room.

The federal government reported that the inflation rate for housing spiked to its highest rate since 1982 from September 2021-22.

A West Michigan Senator is introducing legislation aimed at promoting housing stability.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Benton Harbor August 3 to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new 80 unit multi-family housing development. The $20 million project is being funded by Whirlpool Corporation and is being built across the street from the company’s Global Technology Center and across the river from its Riverview Campus.