Report: Michigan eviction filings dropped 65% in 2020
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and last updated 2021-06-02 12:06:15-04
(WXYZ) â The number of eviction cases filed between April and December 2020 decreased by 65% compared to cases filed during those months in 2019, according to researchers from the University of Michigan.
The Michigan Eviction Project reports that the percentage of cases resulting in eviction orders also dropped the pandemic. Additionally, the state s Eviction Diversion Program increased the number of tenants receiving legal assistance in eviction cases.
However, researchers said these trends could change if pandemic-era policies and programs wind down.
The findings come from a new report â Reducing Michigan Evictions: The Pandemic and Beyond. The report follows the Michigan Eviction Project s comprehensive review of evictions in Michigan, released in 2020.
Police & Fire: Motorcyclist injured in crash with car in Battle Creek
BIKER HURT: A 34-year-old man from Convis Township, northeast of Battle Creek, was injured Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a car on Beckley Road. Battle Creek police reported the crash at 2:30 p.m. just east of Capital Avenue. Officers said the motorcyclist was pulling from a gas station and rode into the path of a westbound car. Police said the biker was not wearing a helmet and his head hit the windshield of the car. The driver of the car, a man, 23, from Emmett Township, was not hurt. Police were assisted at the scene by Battle Creek firefighters and LifeCare Ambulance.
Help has begun for people in Calhoun County who owe back rent and for landlords who haven t collected.
The Covid Emergency Rental Assistance program has $8 million for Calhoun County to help people pay rent they missed because of COVID-19. A majority of Calhoun County needs it, said Lisa Gallo, case manager at Summit Point Housing. COVID has really devastated everything.
She said the program can pay up to 12 months of past due rent from March 13, 2020 and in some cases three months advance rent. We are just getting started, she said. It was allocated in mid- to late March and it has been skyrocketing since.
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Rising rent a concern after downtown Ann Arbor senior high-rise changes hands
Updated Jan 16, 2021;
Posted Jan 16, 2021
Courthouse Square Senior Apartments. 100 S. 4th Ave. in Ann Arbor on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI An 11-story senior apartment high-rise in downtown Ann Arbor has changed hands again and rent increases have sparked concerns.
Local officials say they’re in communication with tenants of the 116-unit Courthouse Square Apartments at 100 S. Fourth Ave. and doing what they can to mitigate the impacts and keep people in their apartments.
Courthouse Square has provided low-income senior housing in downtown Ann Arbor since 1995 and some are worried its future as affordable housing could be in jeopardy, though officials assure public subsidies for rent will continue.