A Way Home: Housing Solutions

Kalamazoo POD Community proponents look to see if proposed Lake Street site holds water

“One of the many things we’ve learned from other communities like this is the need to provide information, allay concerns, and create strong partnerships. There are many misperceptions about safety, security, and how the site will fit with the surrounding neighborhood. We want to address those issues.”

Building hope: The Tiny Houses of HOPE project gets underway in Kalamazoo

If you think it’s tough for most people to find affordable housing in an already tight housing market, try to find it when you have a criminal record, or when you have a history with substance or alcohol use. That's why HOPE thru Navigation is building Tiny Houses at North Street and Westnedge Avenue. They broke ground Thursday, April 4, 2024.

Kalamazoo Housing Advocates helps people navigate barriers to housing using ‘that corny love thing’

Kalamazoo Housing Advocates strives to provide one-on-one supportive services, where instead of just offices and forms, a person in crisis can call on someone to help navigate the steps toward a more stable environment. And love is built into the organization.

Housing Matters Kalamazoo: Learning, dialogue, relationships based on affordable housing solutions

The people behind Housing Matters are volunteers. Together with local officials and area agencies, they are looking for what's next in terms of getting and keeping people housed in Kalamazoo County. 

Owner-occupied housing is focus of four new homes in Kalamazoo’s Northside neighborhood

The first four of some 21 homes the Northside Association for Community Development hopes to build in the neighborhood are nearly ready to be offered for sale. 

Galilee Baptist Church clears the way for $7M housing development on Kalamazoo’s Northside

Galilee Baptist Church moves ahead with plans to develop housing across the street from the church’s longtime location, with hopes of breaking ground later this year on two large apartment buildings. 

Young developer plans second phase of affordable housing in Kalamazoo’s Northside neighborhood

Zone 32 is the name of the new residential and commercial complex owned by Bogan Developments Pitcher Street. Taking its name from the number Jamauri Bogan wore on the football field at the complex, the building began welcoming residents in December.

Online portal is open for new housing projects in Kalamazoo County

A  five-story, affordable residential development for seniors that will have four residential floors with parking on the ground level is quickly going up in the 500 block of South Rose Street.

Supportive housing is planned for those struggling to overcome addictions in Kalamazoo

Kal Recovery, a supportive recovery housing development that involves the construction of 48 apartments is getting closer to becoming a reality. The project will include three buildings on a little less than seven acres of a 12-acre site between Alcott and Reed streets.

Kalamazoo pilot program could see more landlords renting to those with housing assistance

The City of Kalamazoo wants to see if it can get more landlords to accept tenants whose rent is subsidized by federal housing vouchers with a pilot program to help landlords pay for the renovations needed to meet the standards that come with accepting rent in this manner. This is a story Mark Wedel has been working on since 2022.

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