HOUSING AND COLLABORATION IS THE SOLUTION

In just a short time, we’ve become leaders in the state-wide movement to create a new housing paradigm that supports the needs of today’s communities and ensures their robust and thriving futures.

Housing North is the only organization in our area whose mission is dedicated entirely to solving regional housing issues.

We work every day to:

• identify and influence local and state policy that directly impacts development opportunities in rural Michigan

• provide outreach, messaging, and communications tools to communities, developers, and other partners to help them advocate for housing solutions in their communities

• help modernize out-of-date zoning to support solutions to today’s housing crisis

• research tax incentives, or relief, to lower the development costs of attainable housing

• equip on-the-ground staff with expertise tailored to the needs of each community in order to facilitate public meetings; form strong public-private partnerships; solicit grant-funding, participate in critical governmental meetings; and manage volunteer task forces of housing advocates/community members

• leverage public/private dollars to support housing projects throughout our 10-county region.