Michigan Housing Plan
1 storyThe Michigan Housing Plan is the state’s policy framework for housing supply, affordability, preservation, homelessness response, and related housing-system priorities. A continuing Michigan Housing Plan story can connect housing preservation to statewide housing needs; it may also examine housing development priorities as part of the same subject. A second angle on Michigan Housing Plan can involve Michigan housing coordination and public funding; where relevant, the same coverage may include application eligibility. Coverage can return to Michigan Housing Plan through local implementation; a separate but connected issue may be state housing strategy.
Aging Homes Challenge Michigan's Efforts to Expand Housing Supply
Michigan's median home was built in 1973, making the state's housing stock among the oldest in the nation. As officials work to address a shortage of nearly 97,000 homes, aging properties present costly barriers for buyers and complicate new construction.