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.
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Joe Schell, rental specialist with Up North Property Service in Alpena, looks through paperwork required from renters when they move into a rental property. Coronavirus-related eviction moratoriums have helped keep renters in their homes but put a strain on landlords when their tenants can’t pay.
ALPENA If rent doesn’t get paid, renters could be the ones who suffer.
Since March, eviction moratoriums at the state and national level have protected Michiganders from losing their homes because of unpaid rent as the coronavirus pandemic stole jobs and wrecked bank accounts.
The moratoriums help prevent homelessness, but they also endanger landlords who have no recourse when their tenants don’t pay, said Victoria Purvis, director of homeless and prevention services with Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency.
Detroit s Transfiguration School readied for housing transformation
The former Transfiguration School is undergoing a transformation.
The city of Detroit’s Housing & Revitalization Department said Tuesday that construction has begun on a $7.2 million project to renovate the historic school building into affordable housing.
The Transfiguration Place Apartments at 13300 Syracuse is a result of the city issuing on the behalf of the Archdiocese of Detroit a request for proposals that would put the building back into use. The developers are Detroit-based Ethos Development Partners and Cinnaire Solutions.
“This project is about the community coming together to find solutions to both our need for affordable housing and the question on what to do with the many historic but unused buildings that dot our city,” Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement Tuesday.
Grand Rapids to give tax exemptions for 6 affordable, low-income housing developments
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
Woda Cooper Companies wants to build two, four-story apartment buildings, geared toward low- to moderate-income residents, on Stocking Ave. NW near 3rd St. NW. The project is one of six Grand Rapids leaders are eyeing to give tax exemptions to. (Rendering courtesy of Woda Cooper Companies)
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UPDATE: The Grand Rapids City Commission approved the tax exemptions.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI Grand Rapids elected leaders have given initial approval on tax exemptions for six proposed affordable and low-income housing developments in the city.
If all six projects are completed as planned, they would bring 299 apartment units to the city, of which 78 units are anticipated to be permanent supportive housing serving people with disabilities or chronically homeless.