The Michigan Department of Education took action in the wake of child abuse allegations and BWCAA's loss of Head Start funding. A claim of appeal was field this month in St. Clair County.
“We’re going to have a perfect storm where there are going to be a lot of families that aren’t going to have a place to live as we move into October, November, and December."
Port Huron isn’t ‘exploding’ with new rentals, city data shows
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City Manager James Freed said that the long-term perception of Port Huron was once that it’s a place where rentals “are exploding and that people aren’t buying homes.”
But a recent look at city data is showing signs of a shift in trends that prove more people are buying homes than creating new rental units.
On two maps created this month, the difference doesn’t look that big — with small red and green rectangles scattered in neighborhoods across the city. Freed said he thinks the visualization helps illustrate the “rapid change” in housing stock across the city.
COVID-19 pandemic, eviction moratorium makes exiting homelessness more difficult
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While social safety nets enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn most likely prevented an increase in homelessness, there was a shift in those who faced it.
At the same time, a shortage of housing in St. Clair and Sanilac counties has made the transition out of homelessness more difficult.
Eviction diversion program, moratorium likely prevented increase in homeless population
Kathleen Swantek, executive director for Blue Water Developmental Housing, said social safety nets most likely prevented an increase in the homeless population. Safety nets included and eviction diversion program and a Centers for Disease Control moratorium on evictions due to lost wages or extraordinary out-of-pocket medical costs through March 31.
Port Huron Times Herald
Residents facing difficulty in paying their water and sewer bills amid the coronavirus pandemic still have a month before the state’s shutoff moratorium ends, but whether they’ll face a financial penalty for nonpayment depends on where they live.
In the last month, Marine City officials agreed to once again extend a measure waiving late fees until May. A utility bill deferment was first OK’d by the City Commission in May 2020 and extended twice before — first to November and then February of this year.
According to the city, 116 water and sewer accounts were delinquent over $53,000 at the start of 2021. Marine City Treasurer Megan Pearce told commissioners this month that the city could withstand the economic impact of delaying penalties for nonpayment but asked officials support a return to shutoffs once allowed when a state-ordered ban ends March 31.