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A report on some of the obstacles to housing everyone in Kalamazoo The first problem – and the biggest one, according to housing advocates in Kalamazoo – is simply that Kalamazoo does not have enough affordable housing. Demand outstrips the supply by as much as a few thousand units. “This is the result of our housing policies that we have had for last couple decades,” said Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson, who works for Integrated Services of Kalamazoo, one of the groups leading the hotel...

Finding solutions for Kalamazoo homeless include overcoming prior trauma, criminal backgrounds Updated 9:41 AM; Today 7:30 AM David Nuyen, 60, a resident poses for a portrait at the LodgeHouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Nuyen has obtained a housing voucher and plans to move into his new place in the coming weeks. Formerly home to the Knights Inn, the LodgeHouse has been part of Kalamazoos Hotel Intervention Project and served as temporary housing for some of the citys un-h...

As some leave motel and hotel sites without housing vouchers, others continue to wait at encampments for assistance.

A report on a difficult deadline in the Hotel Intervention Program The hotel that’s closing is the Lodge. Actually it’s a motel, a former Knights Inn on Westnedge Avenue that’s recently been home to dozens of people. Once closed, Kalamazoo’s LIFT Foundation, which recently bought the building, will set to work transforming it into 60 affordable units, to be known as the LodgeHouse. That’s great news for a city in need of more affordable housing. But it also means the current residents...

Robert L. Phillips Jr, MD, MSPH; Linda A. McCauley, RN, PhD; Christopher F. Koller, MA In recent years, public and private payers have been experimenting with new payment methods to drive better care at lower costs, including primary care services. The urgency has been compounded by COVID-19. Over the past 12 months, the pandemic has revealed major weaknesses in a health system built on fee-for-service (FFS) payment tied to face-to-face patient encounters. According to a 2020 survey, mor...

A report on the Hotel Intervention Program In the first of a three-part series, reported in collaboration with MLive and The Kalamazoo Gazette, we report on how the program has also helped some people move on to permanent housing. “Anything we need” For Angie McBride, it was a mental health crisis that led her family to lose their home. McBride, who’s 46, has severe anxiety. She was living in Battle Creek with her husband and two adult daughters, when she went through a bad patch. “Basi...

Deadlines loom for homeless living in Kalamazoo hotels while long-term fixes explored Updated May 13, 2021; Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — Over the past four months, one former motel and one hotel, about 15 minutes apart, have become temporary homes for more than 200 individuals facing homelessness in Kalamazoo. More than a short-term stopgap, both properties — the former Knights Inn motel at 1211 S. Westnedge Ave. and an undisclosed hotel on the western side of the county — have been bu...

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Of those, 400 are currently in prison. A force spokesman said it is the polices duty to protect communities - and they do so by working with other agencies to manage the risks posed by violent and sexual offenders who have the "potential to cause the most serious harm". The constabulary has issued the following information. REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS. There are 2380 Registered Sex Offenders in the Avon and Somerset force area, which include 400 currently in prison. The majority of them ...